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Show REPORT OF AQENT IN UTAH. influeow to eantood with error rime I esme to the Territory. Kut ouly Lsa it been ererted upon those ludiaos outside, to keep them swav.but on those who are lursted bore, ta indace them to lease. This I l~avofrootlh e lnJisos themselves, and I have full wnfidct~eai n their statements. They have bnprisad all they euold get to submit to their rites. Kenosh and Captain Joeare memboranf tho MormonChorrb, ss areslsu many, if nor all, of their bnndl. KenosL told me himselfthst he wouldcome tothisaeez~cvif Bricham would In1 him. Anotl~er. believed to be rrl:abb, told me tllnt Bri,4nsnr tried w pe;aua,le him not to came to the aEcnry; and to use his influence on uthrrn to incluco tham to Ienw and stay awny, tcllinp hint> tlnnt \\'~ailiorton had notLior to Ju with thnnk. From what has been ~tnted. rile *mall number of 1ndiGs on this rsser&ion, and the lack of more complete suecass,may he, to some ex-tant, socounted for. UINTAR UTE-THEIR FARMING OPERATIONS, BTC. What follows most he considered as referring entirely to what we denominate the Uintah Utea, as from what has been stated it will he seen they are the only Indisns who come di-rectly and f u l b under the control of this agency. When I was advised last fall by the Do-partment that, in consequence of tho small smoont of the apj,mpcstian for Utah, our Indians could not receive snnuities as usual, I apprehended much issat~sfsct~osno, d even trouble, hut especially was I apprehensive of the influence it might hare upon their fsrmiog o p e tions snd industrial habits. I immediately called them together and explained as well as possible that the failure of Congress to grant the means was the cause of the nan-reception of their osual presents. After a long consultation amon themselves. and during which I must say my sympathies were much excited on their beha?f, they said, "'A11 right; Washing-ton heap poor now ; we will hunt more buck-skins, and hesp fsrm neat yesr, and msy be Washington give ua mare blankets." I encouraged this noble resolution, expressed my sym-pathy and regret on their behalf, and assured them that Iwonld do all I could to help them, and secure all I could for them. It will be ratifying to the Department and all friends of these Indians, asitosrtainly is to myself, to fnow that they have nobly redeemed their prom-ises, as I think the statements hereinafter made and the statistics1 report herewith will fully show. They have in cultivation thin year shout 300 acres, most of it,in wheat. Muoh of this isnd they have cleared.and plowed for the first time, and inolosed with rude fencing. We are now cutting. their grain, which looks unusually promising, but we cannot, of course, tell exactly how much they will have, hut from a careful estimate Ihsve pnt their wheat st 1,200 bushels; oata.300: hsrley, 40; potatoes. 500; corn.400; and turnips.45; besideaotherveg-etsbles of much value to them. Some of my employBs think I have put the estimate too low. especially wheat, whioh, as remarked, looks unususlly well, exoept that it is much injured by smut. Judgingfrom my estimates last yesr, whioh were sustained by the results, so far as we could test them, I feel assured that the above estimstes are within what the resulta will show. These results have beensecured almost entirely by their awnlshor.. In all their farm- ' i n g operations my employ& merely superintend and instruct them, and see that their teams and implements are kept in order, except in cutting and thrashing with msehinery, where sk~llfttml anagement is required. The Indisns do all the binding, hsuling, and most of the labar in thrashing. They have also ppt up shout 25 ton8 of h ~ yt,o he used in nextspring's farm-work, evidence of forethought andprepsrstlou not heretofore shown. THEIR WEALTH IN STOCK AND MIIN.4GEMENT SHOWING PROGRESS IN CIV~LIZATION. It is difficolt to e s t im~t et he ~oumbnro f stork owned by our Indians, ss they are much ~eatlereda nd penerslly ke 1 81 sdm* dlsrnnce from the a s n e y , on rlne best pastures; hut from the beat iuformat'on f have bcvn wl,ln ta ohtsiu. I am led to belleve ti~n.v must hsso from 800 to 1,01.11 h r ~ d< #ilnrI* e* and mules, mRny of thclu good. and sholtt thi 8xue num-ber of cattle, also s few goats, hng*.aud sheep. W-re thvir stack equally distributed they would h a r e s ~ r c t t rp nud annnlv lor all, hut. as it is with white neonln, Rums have more than they need; sonic'few, anj'oillert oona at. all. Soma of them 'taro' makiug their atock svsilabla for tboir own 8ubsi"ronce and the purchase of articles fur uso and cumfi,rt. They hare smonp them fcwr wnzon8, which thnv h ~ v o~ lnrrbsse~orl tmded #lock fur, two of the~un ew, Gith new sots of'hnriers. Tbog have aisd Ill or I:! yoko oioxen,tr.adod for dur-inp the year, and such is tho desire among many of them to xceura asg.,n* and teams of their own rhnr I domllt not that, before angtther year, ntasr oi tllusn who nreablc: will hlrso tham. I have encouraged and aided them i n thiidirsotian as far as possible, belie~ingi t to he fo their true interests and progress to acquire what they needed by their own resources and energy. FURTHER EVIDENCES 08 PROGRESS IN CIVILIZATION. Much that baa besn already said, I think, unmistakably points in this direction. There ere many othor things which, though hardly appreciable by an occasional visitor, yet to those who hsve known the oonduct and habits of these Indians several years are marked andsig-nificnnt. The past gear has been dietinguished by an unusual kindneas of manner and respectful treatment, not on17 of myself, but of all persoua helon log to the agency; by a willingness torece~vea nd follow instructions ; by an ohservmce o h h e Bshbeth, atidoften by |