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Show XLII REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. The request of the Utes to send' a delegation to Washington for colt-ference in regard to their affairs has been granted by the President. In the mean time an arrangement has been made by the commission with the Muaohe, Capote, and Weeminuche bands of Utes, by which they re-linquish all right to the present Ute reserve in Colorado, especially to the portion occupiecl by them south of 38 degrees and 10 mimutes, and agree to go to a reservation on the headwaters of the Chama, Navajo, San Juan, and Piedra Rivers--the precise bo~undaries to be hereafter defined by the President. They agree to go as soon as an agency shall be located and age1tc.y buildings erected iu the spring and suminer of 1879. In this connection, I woutld say that it is a inatter of prime importance to gather all the southern Indians into the Indian Territory, as the climate is suitable to them, whiIe it is dangerous in its effects on northent Indi-ans, as I had occasion to 8how in my last annnal report. INDIAN POLICE. By act of May 27,i)assed at the last session of Cong~essp, rovision mas made for the organization at the various agencies of a system of Indian police, the aggregate force not to exceed 50 officers and 430 privates. Too short a time has elapsed to perfect or thoroughly test the work-ings of the system, but the results of the experiment at the thirty agencies in which it has been t,ried are entirely satisfaotory, and com-mend it as an effective e t of civiliz ation. A simple code of rules for the guidance of the service has been prepared, a.nd a plain, inespen- J sive uniform adopted. An obstacle to the f~ullest success of the system lies in the limited remuneration which the law allows for suoli service, being only $5 per month for privates and $8 for officers. This snmis sufficient only among tribes who receive regular issues of rations. Among Indians who hare learned to depend mainly on their own labor for subsistence it is looked upon as a poor exchange for the support which can be realized by work-ing on tlieir farn~so r by laboring for neighboring whites. The depart-ment should be allowed discretionary power to vary police salaries according to the condition and needs of tribes who have outgro~vnth e ration system. The police orgatti7,ation shoulld be followed 1111 by the adoption of a wde of laws for Intlians, and peace arid good order amoug them nil1 result. TELXGRAPHIO COXXCJXICATION WITH INDIAN AGENCIES. Very many of otw Indian agencies are remote from telegraphic com-munication. For example, the Spotted Tail Agency is 88 miles from a telegraph-wire ; the Red Cloud Agency is 18 miles from a telegrdph office; the Osage Agency is 60 miles distant; the Pawnee Agency is more than 100 miles distant, and so with many others. The mail from Coffej~illr, |