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Show REPORTS OF AGENTS IN OREGON. wan& when properly developed. Here may they be sllowea to remain. They are contented, happy, and quite prosperous; can never be as happy elsewhere. This ia probably my last aonu~lrrpoort. My lant pleais that these Indlausmay not heremoved nor come under military rule. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN SMITH, United States Indian Ageat. The CoxxrssIonER OW IXDIAN AFFaIR.3. UINTAI~V ALLEY AGENCYU, TAH, Augwt 15, 1878. SIR:I n aecordan~ew ith direction8 oont,aioed in department cironlsr No. M, of July 1. 1878. I have the honor to submit the followine ss m"v eiehth annual reoort of the - A i r s pertaining to the agency under my charg:: I am pleased to be able to report, all things considered, a aatisfaotory degree of pro-ere= and imnruvsmeot. both as to the teroner and conduct of our Indiana. and in iheir nCriralllhrnl at14 eihlising ~borsuir$. lie iboml,nroi [ l l t l i~lml~a king thid axeno). their ruguiar home and prol,erl~c oming under its dtrecr cvurrol und iotltrance i n 1:W. TLii. of course. does our i~lrlualet l r u s , a l t u i,rc:~sio~anlrlriw l r ua from Ca~nr:tin .Juu'@. Xenhsh's, and dther small bands whioh have had at different times a morebr less inti-' mate connection with it. ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~~ -~ THEIR PARMING OPERATIONB. Considerin the difficulties with whioh they have had to aontend, I think they ere fairly entitle% to ntore credit thao in any former year, for though the atatistias may not show an increase in the prodnotsof their labor, they have been prodnced under greater diacourqemeob and disadvantages and with more self-denial than usoal. Let me allude to some of these. Last year they had an unsuslly fine prospect for a large yield of wheat. When we oeme to cut and thresh it s, very large proport,ion, nearly one-half, was smut, so that insteadof having about 2,000 bushele,aamy employ68 think they should have had, little over one-half of thak amount was obtained, aod that of an inferior quality, whioh waa really not fit for seed. In antioipation of la fine crop of wheat I estimated for only 10,000 pounds of flour for their aunoal supply, which was entirely inadequate. I have oaloulated that after savin enoogh wheat to sow, the balance did not yield more than 20,000 ponndsof flour, whic%made the whole retion of flour, taking the whole number of Iudians less thao one-fifth pound per day. Not only did they have iosuficient flour, hut neodesity compelled them to oae their wheat for food, and thus their aeed thin sorine was limited. After I learned the condition of their mhesr, 1 extclznvcorrd to pnncn;rc i;."ro rlcmr fur thexu, bat it r a q roo lark; no tiu#id.~ w e I L'r~dcrth +.wc irct~luata~~cIe talt,i uk tltdirehtim8red e r u p ~ f\\ .lleat this sear. 1.4h bualat la, rsturrr thu~relnjmra onusual i#urao\r,r;,uoe i$t~idn dtletry. T11t.y had ilsu last p a r a g~~6~crvDofporaruea,fIr,uu~f urhe'wnntofp roper cnradurlug tlir ;ruler l~lattyW CIC frozen, ant1 rhns tllrrr nul,ply for planrlng w a r iusulticlrnr. Tua aup~#l6)1 f beel; 46.UJU 1801110819I IRI!.V 89 u l t r r l ~ir tadt.(~i~itl*s.f. f ~ r d i uIC~SS tlliltl or~v-thir.IO f a 1)(111ud per day; takhg the whole number'of Iodcans. O f ooork, under theae oiroomstknoes, they were oompelled to speodrnuch time in huntioggameaodproouring the neoessaries of life away from the agency. Many of them vent to the settlements, porohaaed, hauled, and paoked io flour and other provisions. I sm surprised, es I t h ~ n ko thers would be if ther knew the whrde situat,ion. at the oatieoae. oeraeverence. itud even chnerfu.ness \\.ttl; wllielr rhey Ii;,vr. 1u~wl a 1 i h e i f~a mi ~ng upi6trionr and r"rln1rine.i thew good "aturn aml con.lt~rt. I nrrpecrful1,v mfer to my arurv+t~o:r~cll ,.,rt l,~%rrwtth for the reaolts i l l corn,h~,mt~o!ot i wltsr I clnio, lor my 1ndi.tor. l'i,e.ir cr.,p~a re bciug It.#rv.ntod, iind lro!~! tlln 111%. of virriol VII tlhir reed, the rrhe;tt i~ alrnnrr entirely irnn t'rmn PIIIILI. WILCIIa ,k+d abottl their wbrar, '( ' wi~ioo' g(#od'' 19 Ill* nl1ll03r Unl(.erR.tl retol!.: und frvtr! rllrtr c,wn aid wbut h a bun" uurrhaiwl rdr tllrttl. 1 trurt rlrw will nit hive to starve and labor as they hme done i a r t of the year justpaat. INDIAN STOCK AND OTHER PROPERTY. There is a gradual increase of cattle, horses, other snimala, end property, and this increase is becoming more generally distributed thao formerly. Ststistioa recently ob-tained give 876 horses, smong whioh are nine span which thsg use nloreor leas in farm-ing operations; 773 cattle, incloding 14 yoke of oxen used also in farm work, hauling fencing, firewood, die.; 40goats andabout thesamenumber of hogs. The latterarafunnd to beverv.trouhleaome. as it is imoosaible to fence aeainst them: hence I have dia-courngv~ itbas cqn>~i t iuoof nlurri th;ru tbuy mn h ~J;elp :~ndfr eel. 1 . l ~FII ~UU.. tn.0 new oors aocl three aerood.hnttd ooea, blvo Lrm yorel~ur,~sIlv the lolllaos, and it in nor ulltt.nr~ ZR nn IUI I I ILU d i i v i o ~h u O W I ~t~ iinla nd L.,Y~:AI WB-ULI rrxt~t1 1 8 iauily |
