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Show REPORT OF AGENT IN UTAH. sometimes crowdiog our building to its utmost eepsrity. Io mnkinn cxaminatiaoo for ad-mission to church relaclono, I would hot require tLa aaue test as to daelrinal points that I \rould from our own neoole. for tileae Indian believer* are but babes in Chr~atn, nd do not corn rehend the '' higheilaw " in all its points. The "way of life" they seem to uoder-stan$, for it ia possible even for the wsyfsring man, thoughafool, not to err therein. There are mans who mock at mv efforts. hot if thev oould hsve been hers ten vears ago and seen thess~;&aus, snd see thed;naw, they would be led to exclaim, L1 What bath GodUwrought !" GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. As before remarked, there has been a large fal!ir,g off in the grain crops from thorn of last year. The wrrap sown was much greater. hut s portion baa beeo an entire fxilum. Eoourh. huwever. laas bnou raised to meat lhbir went*, wboo we add what will he scoured from gouting, fishing, &o. In the item of salmon alone there cannot be less thsn from 30,000 to 40,000 pounds, inaboot equsl qusntities of salt and dried salmon. GAME, PELTRIES, AND CLOTIIING. There in a ooostsnt falling off in the way of game and paltries, and the Indiauaare more and more beine.comoelied to resort to oivilized modes of proourine subsistence, and to secure the mpsns to firellabe supplier oPfood, rlotl>iug. &c, i'he traall!io~~Iu~dl inxi, wilh his war pa:nr sod feetllers, io fast bavu~ninpnt lliopaf tbc past, and it is quile rare to ~reollrdressed in oritni~ive lodiau stv.e. In a:l their mbdrs of liro tltrru is sslvw Lttr radirnlehance beinrr h r & ~ ~ahbto ut. - CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHIENT. Thk erimescommitted have been but few oomparstieely, they being mostly confined to petty offenses, whish have been punished by Indian tnbunsls. Drunkenness is of rare oc-currence, and many of the Indians seem to take a pride in seeing bow well they can behave, and iu telling me how they have met aud resisted the temptation todo wrong. There seems to he the most perfect feeling of friendship toward the whites, and such sssurmees come from some whose word I would take BB soon 88 that of a white man in whom I have the utmost confidence. HOUSES, MILLS, AND LUMBER. ' The demand far haosen io iucrcasing, and ourraw-mill r i l l findampleempluyn~rnt. The part winter was a very miid om, to wurt wo generally have, ti 're belog scarcely any freer i n r weather to intcrfcre with our milla, and they were kept almost ~~tns t snrrluyn olng, en11 sonmy returns show s larger amount of lumber-cut than fn theprevi-o us yesf. EMPLOYASN~D TEEIR QUALIFlCATIONS. I t has been my constant desire and aim to employ msn whowere qualified toperfarmmost any kind of sexpice that might be called for, though foreign to their re nlar employment, and s t the same time have men who would eo-operate withme in the ~ o z oefdu catingaud Christiani~ingth em Indians. I have tho8 far had fair success in all these poiute, but hope far much better in the future. It is much easier to find cornpalent men than true, earnest Christians, who are willing to ssorifiee self for the benefit of these people. My force of employ& is sll too smsll to carry on the work ss I wouid lave to sesit, but if it can be kept up st its present strength we esn get ?.long reasonably well. Hoping that the coming year may be freighted with still mare glorious results, I remain, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN SMITH, C'nitd Stoles Indian Agmt. The COMMIS~IONOEFR I JDTAXA FFAIRS. Sm: I have the honor to submit the followingasmy sewnth annual report of affairs per-tsioing to the apenos under my charge: I t is with much pleasure thst I sm ~ b l tao report the same g'mtifying evidences of prog-ress, in all respects, indioakd in my last. Notwithstanding the disappointment occasioned by the non-rece tion of annuity-goods, which I was apprehensive would produce much dis-satisfaction s n j discouragement, my Indisns, ss if to show themselves deserving of them, have manifested, if possible, s more kindly disposition, and more diligence and interest in their farminp operations than they did last gear. At the date of my last, as indicated therein, some of my Indians rere absent, ostensibly to sid in the suppression of the Sionx |