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Show REPORTS OF AGENTS 1N DAKOTA. The progreas made by the teicher in the sahool with the children, aud in mod if gin^ the conduct, manners, sud dress of oidar ones, has bean very euuuurseing, espscisllg eoosider-ing the facilities for regalar work in this direction whiehhss been sth~rhsod. About tbirty-two children, nltogether, have been urldar her infloenee, with an average daily sttendaoce~ at the school of nine. Soma two hondred garments have been made by them u?d*r her di-rection. Mort of the thirty-two hsvs learned to nnderstand and talk Ennlish. Five boy8 have lenrned tp read, write, and reckon in simple nnmbera, while they have received and snswcred letters iu writtrnebarnetcrs. Many of the older ones have lrsrned to nndentsud English tolerebly well from their interoourse with the teacher, who is with them more or less every day, visitirtg their camp and giving out their medicines. Up to the present time theye has been neither asohool nor boardiog.house for the Ute children. Thia hns been a seriousobstacle io this work, which will, however, be removed soon, RS I have s boarding-house for the accommodation of fifteen or twenty hoyn nearly completed. Shall commence upon B Beparate school-building immediately. It should be home in mind that nothing but a boarding-school, st which the children shall remain, can be of any advantage to them at oresent; aud it is a slow and difficult work to induce the I n ~ l i ~ l tlon lenve their children i i onr care, even fur a few aanths at a time. Some good friesdd oftbe cause have contributed between $300 and $100 to procure sn assistant to the tssoher, snd coable her to esrry out the work of the school. in which they have faith. dthoueh the numbers re-parted'are small, the Department hking nnwiilina tocontribute any ;"ore money ffr this r ose until a better showing can be msde. '';Phe year has been ss favorable, p ~ r h n f~or. sgriculturnl pursuits ss tho preceding one, although n loni period of dry weather in May and June threateeed, fore time, to render nseiess our efforte in this direction. Had not the irrigation of the crops heeu attended to f a i ~ h f u l ln~o,t hing would have been realized. As it is, I am inclined to think, from the ex-perience of two years, that intelligent farm-labor on the imigsting plan would bring from this valley-lnnd, wlrich, however, is very limited in extent, fair returns in craps. Owing to insutfieient seed, 1 was unable to plaot any more land than was tilled last ysnr. Aboot three and s half aeres of wheat, superior to thnt or lnst year, yielding about 25 bushels to the acre: two and a hnlf acres of onts. not mom than 30 bushels: rrbout one acre of ootntoes. tuhlrit I ratlnlntr will Y6U i~. l~hc~olth$e; .thitd acre of tumip9. 81 11: . rnle ( l iWl i l~ue l~t l~: Eighly tons ol eavd hag h*va ilrru rut. A few parden v ~ g : t n b i ~haa ve been rais~J,r u6- r i r ~ t~ot s swre inn that with on,ner sttrntion. which i t in in,~rrrlhlet o rive here, tttc UIIIIUTO of hardy vegetables would & &eecssfol. Sevzn or eigbt' aclss of Gew land have been broken up, and will be sown in s year. The aeencv herd now numbera about one lhousand. The cattle are fine and io eaod order; nut so wild as last year. In the spriug I inad the entire herd branded, s mitler which has been neglected by the previous agent. The rnmmer reage for these cattle is fair ; the winter range nct so good. relatively. One herder is now allowed for these cattle, vbich is insu6icieot. Oiher emplages assist in this service. It is hoped that the Indians will receive snd care for their cattle during the comnng year. The agency buildings remain located io their old po~ilions, the matter of their removal nbt having been tausidered by the Department, and no spprnpristion for the erection of new ones bavine been msde. Such irn~ravementsa s their time and facilities stfvrded have 1 been mads by ihe employ68 without iny outside expense to the Government. A frame building. 32 by 44, has been erected over the engine and boiler of the sew-mill, and a very fine new stone furnace hss been built arooud the boiler. One small Ute house hasbeen built; s ~ o o dw arehouse, 20 by 16 ; a ahed, 54 by 17; a corrd, capable of holding 2,000 1 hea4 of cattle; B roof ce1I&r1 2Uby 16, pe.rtie.lly completsd, and a boarding-house for Indian children. M bv 16. with an L. 18 bv 15, nearly fiuished. and a few re~s i ram ade on the old REPORTS OF AGENTS I9 DAKOTA. Sm: I have the honor to snbrnit this my third annual r e ~ o rotf affairs at this seancv far 1 |