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Show REPOHTS OF AGENT8 IN COLOR ADO.^ The day-ii<,llolnraw ere irn,yttlnr in n!r~.nlance2 nd reluatnt r* nivo ~ t t o ~>l inonnd, 80 i t was pruvrd' i~r!I re I I I I I I I I R ~ I I It !mv ilct; tv.111 II)LV grdnei uf Ittli8lni 111(. h)allit_~-l:hdt,li s ll.8 only cffirirnr on .. Ilnd the isl~ool.l,.,t .c b ~ : ~bi tr ilr .~n. lnc wtr l i ~ > < r v l >b~lic~u, Ier r*bliil.ed. the& would have besn sucoesa as to numbers as well as advmcemeot. I s m not s t sll snrorised thet the Utes still feel very much a-lr-er ieved in reenrd to the Rruoot acree~a~e>l.~c,rtl,~ I ~ ~ r a ti t~ iaw n ut wlmt tl~eyu oJcr-to~d I, ( 0 be 31 !It? limo it ~ 1 8 mad.,. (ihuLuut!lar!ei cirel Ly i t ;~te:n'mg ,nurl8 i.$rcni$o~I$* we!l " 3 inlitl:t~g lat~d. )and hvmlrr. th.,r 1 . 8 ~rr*~~. riv.:ll r1.1 uav irtul-r :r. while the :ountrv ccletl i~ Le:,:ae s,rcuoird more and more, and now eontai&$everal thoussud white peop"ie. 1 The Brunot agreement was mads in September, 187:3,and ratified in April, 1874, but it was not till about r. year agorand after many appliontions, that authority was given to pur-chase the horses, guns and sheep whieh the Utes desired for the first annuity of $35,U00, and the purchase was prevented by an order whieh very soon came from the Commissioner to obtain no guns till n satisfn-.tory explaoatioo was given of the attack on Mr. Hayden's party of surveyors last snmmer near Sierrala. Sal. The Utes objected to receiuiuganything unless they e ~ ~ ubl sdv e the guna, snd when permission to obtain thom came, it war too late in the season for their transnortation. The nrooassls were received on Mav 1%. na early in thespviog as I could depend upon g e t 6 6 over the monntains to ~uebld. ~ h e o osme on the troubles with the Sioux, snd the Commissioner seems to have thought it uo-wise to give to any Indians, llowever friendly, anything that might aid them in any hastili-ties they might ooutemplate; and so, after promives had been mnde and contracts had been awarded, instructions wore given to issue none of the articles. It would be nothing less then diarespeotful in the agent to question this policy, but his chagrin st bein* the massen-ger of a distrust in which he did not psrtioipsle, and &t disappointing expsataFions founded on an agreement that had already been too long disregarded. cnn be well imagined. The guna are still withheld. Two hundred horses and three thousand sheep are yet at the sgency,subjeot to the call of the Cspote and Weminuche Utes, to whom it wasdecided by a council of the Utes, held last Xovember, to give sli the proceeds of the first annuity under the agreement of 1873 on a c co~~ooft the gl.eater ancrifices they had mads, mnch farmine land in their pars of the reeelvation being ceded to the Government. The chief8 of the; Indiana hiws given ant word thnt they would rewire uotbiug under the agreement: that the agreement wrts mede by Ouray nnd only s few other Utes, and that they hsd nothing to do ' with it,and did not mean by any ward or act to acknowledge it. It ia believed that they are instigated to this course by some of the white settlers of their vicinity. At the present writing a messenger in sent to notify them that sheep sod ponies are reedy for them at the agency, and it remslns to be seen if they are as bad and foolish as their word. As to the attaok nppon the surveyiog psrty, it was made by n little patriarchal hand of ontlsws, called by the heed-chief, Ouray, Pi-Utes, bnt admitted by many others to be We-minuehe Utes. Up to within n few months they ~oknowledged allegiance to 00 one. Dur-ing this summer, at the bidding of Ouray, they appenred st our ageocy ; had their way, not very sstisfaetory, of explaining the attack; expressed the desire to be friendly; were very kindly received by our Iudisos rn wsii as by rhe agent; were given annnity poods sod pfovisiona, and lett us to expect oo further trollbis from them. They have visited us once sum. According to their story, which can hardly be credited, all the shooting WKS done by one man, and he s Pi.Utr from Newda. The patriarch acknowledged that he did not try to prevent, but neither did he instigate it. Mr. Gsnnett, with his sssistsnts, visited the sameregion thisseason to complete the work of last year, and was not molested. They were aceompnoied by four of our Utes and by Dr. M%ok, our physioian, who assisted eu interpreter. MI'W. ilsork's pnrty of Dr. Hayden's corps were also here this season, psssiug from the aouthweatern portion of Colorado to the northern. The Utes hme been much disturbed by men settling hod building upon the reservation, on that pert which is known ss White Esrth Valley sod upon Uucaprhgri Park. Tba aeent hsr notified the settlers that thev were intrudine. hut in some easea thev have not a&n dt to intv'. A porrim u i i!ncnpa~yKri ~'.,rk I I I ~*. ii~om cInitw.i 8s lrit ro t6e Cwr r n - ulunt by tho liur run by 8lzu sumnyor. \[I. >l,llcl. .n.r prr. The erroral tno iurvtay.tr was ~oint r lol ut 1.) the Corntl~iorionor.~n~Jr o n l ~ lvl vur rertel by H ~l0~laltl&3loi0l t~h r I'rwsidanl. kxcluding from settlement sn adaitiodal triodfuur miles siuate. By ramoviog the ogency it wrn supposed we should he out of the line of tra~al. But, ss before, a new mining town is the sttraction, and there is very frequent passing of trwelers and provisions. I am rmtsure, after all, that this is to be regretted. T i ~ aIn dians ma y s well become accustomed sooner as later to the proximit,y of whites. They make oomplibints, but no trouble Indeed, with all the ~ggravntions they are called upou to bear, one must be astonished at their heathen forbearanee.squal to allything called Cbristiso; or, on the other hand, at a sagacity thnt sees thnt all reaistanoe would be futile. I have often spoken of the rare good nature of these Ute~. They frolic pretty roughly, plsy snnoying tricks upon each other; but roughness seldom culminates in angry words and blows. Ouray, the head chief, has s log-oabin, built Isst fall at his own expense, saeept a few day's work of an sgency employ6. He has also an adobe house in process of ersction |
