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Show prC~henriuusae re xmondlr.o*, m all ~:,ssedo ff with euzn~uratirog ood order and n,,lrl> ~ ~ 1h0uu~b1or. Al l npl~clilrdt o he well ~.&ti*tiwl. Ilarrsc nll tbv 6an.-mill ianncbiuerv on llatni. nud hsvinv it mwhioist nod tn.x. i~ee.r I. i!amrdini~ly ruw~toenrrd puttiug ,['in opc~.ation; 0140 c;tting and hauling Iprr- &onmlur.v tu thn mnnuf.wtuls of luvuber. ao~l by rLe micldlo of Jaowuy wc w+ rr prc- I t i . Tb e rnavl~inarva ll wurkrd tinelv. hut tiout naur of proulir all~lrer ind Rom froat & the timber we bere much hinder& According to th> eitimates of the men engaged, we have ont 70,000 foet, but from a more careful estimate I have pot i,b, ..I r.0nnn ,.& "",""". 11,abw has1 no regular carpenter niuce laat fall, but my morhinist beiol; rro inrelligenr n~rellnyicu, ud rrpreaeoting that 111. cuuid fr.rula the nllll-building, heaeronli~glyu, ftrl. tvu stupped oawlnrr. comn8aucall work "11 the i r . , ~ ~bta~t .f -arinc tl.ero I,-ielrt ior aoutu mistakb; I deemed-it better to wait nntil I'ooild procures, tho6ug.bl y. competent ear-penter. For reasons set forth in a oommnnioation of the 16th of February last, I deemed a change in the location of this iyenoy most desirable. Acoordiugly I made s anmey of that part of the reservation lying on Green River, and found, as I thenthought, a most suitable and desirable situatio~b, at having visited it sioon the extraordinary high waters in this valley end that of the Green Biver, I found it completely submerged. I have, therefore, &b&ndonedth e idea. of s removal to that point. I hsve, however, rild still do reoommeud thet the mill and permanent boildings and impcovemuots be made st s point about three miles distant from the present loostion. The ohsnge would involve little extra, expense, and would oertainlg be mnoh more eonveoient and advantageous. Sot having received any funds for the fourth qnarter before leaving Salt Lake last fall, and having had no mail for over four months, I was compelled to visit the city as early as possible this spring. Iacoordiugly left the aggencyesrly inMaroh withonemau and t,wo pnok-animals, determined if poaaible to make my way to Fort Bridger direct, thanoe to Salt Lake. I also desiredto ssoertaiu if there were any praotioeblb route for z wagon road either to Bridger, Brysn, or Green River City, on the Uuion Pnoific Rsil-road. .After nearly one nlonth's laborious etforta, I reached Fort Rridger, by crossing Green River twice and oawine around the nlountains tbroueh s. nart of Colori~dob. e- Otu~oulyh ope, therefore, iu to retain nud improve t,hacxecrsble one we now use, l&didg t u Salt Lake City. I therefore renew my reoommcndation for an appropriation to ran-iler i t a t least tolarabb for t , hf~iv e or six months i t in i r q f rom snow. Tbis bppears to me to be a. vital matter to this agemy, as with the present road, as it is it isirnpoasible to make anr definite or reliable cdeulations on a t r i t~o Salt Lake. either withrenard to time or &pense. Pnvm and fonlning operations.-I endeavored in my last report, and in former oommu-nicatians, particularly iu thst of February 16, to give the Department some definite and adequate ides, of the diaadvsntages incident to this place as a farm, but especially as an Indian farm, where tho object is to eradicate old habits end taste8 and superiu-duce new anea. The broken character of the land, by streeola, alongh, rocky zud alkaliue patchea, makes it discooragiug, even to skilled laborers ; much more is it so to those nnaooustomed to hebit8 of iudustry. Though there has been, as I think any one can see, cousiderable improveluent in the appeorauce and produots of this agenay, yet I most oanfass to some disappointment in tho results of the last yeda labors. I Tras confident, from the incrossed amount of prod"& raised partly by tho Indians laet gem, thst they felt encouraged, and was lad by their assurances to believe that more of them would engage in farming this year than has proved to be the case. Whan I left for Salt Lake in Maroh I instructed my ebief farmer to aid and instruct the Indians in putting in their cropa, and to give to all who desired to eneaga in farm-iug all &he faoilitias availnhle, It was my intention and instructions to zive mor6 nt-tentiou to aiding md instructing che Indiana than to the cultivation of crops by the employ6s. During my absence, however, Douglas, the White River chief, with quite a number of his band, mule to the agency and suooeeded in persuading our Indiana, who had np to thet time intended to fssm,to giva it np and let the white meo farm for the Indians, telling them that Waahin ton did not intend that they sbould vork; a180 ridiouling those that farmed, calling &em squaws, and finally succesded, toward tb? latter part of April, in indooio our Indians to leave with him for a visit and counc~l rrt some point south. Thua it gas occurred that all the farmring aperattons have been performed by the employ6s. Bslieviug that the Indians would return to irrigate, cul-tivate, and gather their crops, we planted mostly on their firms, and for their banalit, and bad they remained, or returned as was expected they wonld, to attend to them, it is beliered that all parties would have been gratified and encouraged by the results. We hare iu cultivation altogether about seventy-fie acres. &,me sight or tsn hwe been nearly ruined by the excraorcliliuary high waters, t,hus decreasing materially the |