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Show REPORTS OF AGENTS IN UTAH. not constitute any importent element in their means of subsistence. They also oonsumq ss before intimated, s considerable amannt of beef raised by themselves. No rations are issusd at 811. Sugar, rice, and tea are kept for hospital purposes, and sometimes s little is given for s Christmas or k'ourth of July dinner or other holiday oocssians, and exoeptiond ossw of destitotion are furnished with smnll nmannta of wheat or Eour when the yield of the 1 Department fields will allow i t ; hut the aloounc in all IS triflmg, and they are virtusliy self- sustaining. * We lack one important thine: that ia, giving theIndians sprapertitle to thsir lands. The I ner.rsary ourvny~'havch crn made. 61.d i ' b a s d ' r ~ ~ ~ c a ~raelitcldl ~ilk .: ntu8ntioo oi tLc Depnrr-nwn! IL it aud nskr3 fur a plat and vsdrr ior a.l,rtrtcn!, aud I wol~ld wain or e rl HI the oruieel, l i a ~ yir on$.rrsloed, u i re~uovinet hese I n iinn%e lsewhere 110 abandon*%, alil that I peFmanent himes be given them hers in <c.ooordaocs with their universally expressed wishes. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant. JOHN SMITH, United Stoles Indian Agent. Hon. Enw. P. SMITH. Comndasiont? of Indian Affairs, fVaslrinfton, D. C. REPORTS OF AGENTS TN UTAE. UNITA~V ALLEY AGENCYU, TAH, Sqtembw 10, 1875. SIR: I have the honor to snbmit, in accordance with Department circular of July 8,1875, my fifth mnusl report af the service uuder my charge. The honorable Commiasiouer and ali others iotarested in the weifh sud progress of our Indians will be pleased to learn that their progress in agriculture1 and civiiiaing pursuits indicated in my i8st report continues, sad affords increasing encouragement to themaelves snd those who have the management of their affairs to increased efforts an their hnhslf. - INDIANS-THEIR NUMBER. The number of Indians belonging to and periodically visiting this resenation is, so fsr ss we can ascertain, about the same as given in my last report. I hsve Batimated them at 650, but the number at any one time an the reservation seldom exceeds 500. From the namsdic hshits of most of our Indiana it ia difficult if not impossible to be accurate in their enumeration. GENERAL CONDUCT. There has, I think, been a steady nod marked improvement in their general temper end eanduct, windog a greater willingness to be controlled and counseled by the agent. It must not, however, be understood that they always cviooe the same good natore. Often when they osnnot hme what they want, they manifest some disastiafaotioo, hut it passes away more readily, and is not of so frequent occurrence as formerly. I INDLISTRY. - It is the opinion of all those who llhve opportunities for forming a correct judgment i s the matter that there ia a marlred piogress in the iudurtrial hsbita of our Indians. Mare ot them than formerly hnve directly engaged in agricultural pursuits, and, ss eo evidenos that farming is becoming more popular, some of those who do not work themselves hire others to eoltivate their lsnd for them, and thus claim to be fanners. Their prozress in this depart-ment of industry, though steady and marked from year to year, can only be fully sppreci-sted by thosewho ssw and knew the habit8 of our Indians and the condition of this agency three or four yews ago, &ad osncomparethem withwhst they arenow. The product8 of their farms are every year becoming a more important elemnnt in their subsistence. Not only do they ouitivate their imd themselves, but provide material and construct rude feooes for tbe protection of their orops. A new farm ha,3 been opened by8 band of our Indians, about eight milas south of the old one, and considerable new land cleared, broken, and put into oiops, and partially surrounded by s fence of their own oonstruction. It must not be in-fmed from whst has been said of the industry of our Indisos that they work cuntinuansiy through the season. This would be too much to expect. After they have prepared the land and put in their crops, and to some extent made arrangements for their irrigation and care during their absence, many of them,often a majority, leave on huoting-expeditionsand visitiug-tours among their friends in the sattlmmone and tribes with which tbey areon term8 of intimacy, to gather news and talk itbout it, of whiols they are even more forid tlmu their more eultivzted white brethren. It ia difficult sod ~lmost impossible m our situation to re-seain these raving hsbits, which materially modify the results of their previous hard work. |