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Show 18 REPORTS OF AGENTS IN COLORADO. Last fall 40 acres were plowed snd two logbnildingserected; onemovedfrom ahoua; Great delays arose from old and insoffloient agrionltnral implement., and horn the op- 'position of the Indians to the oconpancy of this rallsy,siooe its nac to them had been for winter graeiog for their horeee. Further v o r k was done in constrnctiog an i r r i~s t ingc slral, which was laid out 14 feet wide at the bead gate, 10 feet wide far the first half-mile, and (i feet vide for one mile, where it stops at present, since sufficient. water is fnruishd for several years to come. The serves Nag made, however, a mile farther to au axteusive plateau, and from which a water-power can be obtained of 25 feet, and altogether ns omuy as 3,000 acres of fertile, choiceland c?n be watered. The cost cd this improvement wsa lees than $2,000, and it was fonnd so complete io its snrvey and oouatrnotioo, that not an hour's work h38 been reqnired t,o correct mistskcs-a thiog quite OI I I IYI IX. ~; B U ib~ll the beasan an abondaoee of water ha8 hneo firnished. Thie spring a. number of the old ngrrlrr Ihnildings, all of loga, sew hauled ddorr-u aqd rc-ereat,ed ; 80 acres of land were fenced with cedar posts 8 feet apart, which were sawed off a t a uuiform hright, and heavy polea verespiked thereon, and 2stringe of barbed wire sereatrtlng on twoaides and three striogson the two other Bides, making a first-olnus fence. Early in Msroh,BO acres of what were sowed an goveromenbao-count and 3 acres on wconnt of and for Indiaus, they htaviuo brought the eeed from Uintah Agency. Their seed, however, csosrd muoh trouble, a t i t was fool with cockle. In these works considerable labor was perfonned by the Indiana. In eouatruotiog the oanal,ahaut 15 Indians worked well, and they rere paid over $300 in eaah, and this spring they dug many feooe-post holos, while n large fi,ren grubbed 8 acres of bottom land for potatoes. Further, they planted savers1 sores is sweet, cornaod garden regetables. Agreat dral of talking and entreaty were required all the time; once in about a n-eek all would stop work without apparent ewtlse, though evidently in bad humor, hut after a few days they would be at work ngato. When the crops were planted they ceased to hsve interest in them, while soma went off hunting, evi-dentlyexpecting that I would direct the emplog68 to cultivate andbring their plant-inge to maturity. A few, however, were indoced to irrigate and hoe their grounds; others did so in a most imperfect manner, while those who weut sway hsva not yet gone into their fields. I judge that half have dorm reasonably well. The total num-ber who haveworked has been about thirty; the uumber of "ahlo-bodied" meu is over 200, and of thiv whale m1mher,900,oot maye than a quarter hare remained on the reservation. Considerable eauoeess has attwuded the deirs bueiuess, ns the Iudiannare now milking over 20 cows; but as they hsve no oonveuieoeea for n i s k i ~ gbu tter, though they would like to do so, they use the milk andmake cottage oheese. OneIndian haa had a hoose built; he keeps three cows and he raises the oalvw; he has purohased s, atove, and his ease is promiaog. Others walild like to have houses, but as I have not sufficient force to bnild them. and as the Indians will not work themsdvea to eo ahead. thev live in their tenth. 'ihree aagonsllnrr bcenaoot u ! ~th isy\.rarfor rh+.irdde, u ! ~ rl h t u~>e muoh ~glraredw itlt t l ~ r oa~nd, !hcy tolake goo11 use ui tl~c~awn.l lilr tl8e.v bd~.re\vn ll tht ageucy rngone ae can slmre. rhry rcndily cogng&i u Lou1111gt )~nnt heold n g e ~ . ~ y . ~tlniedy llnro leart.etl the " 8 ) s ter i~eof l ~ a r ~ wt~hesir~ il~or~.~*g u n~ui f ilt;tnn,niog utb the rond. ,\d TO etlucalion, they wre loollning for it aud rriuse to acxd tllcir vhlldreu tu school. Their idcn ir. xs t h r F XDI . P& it. tloat t l~r i rc hlltireu m i l l (.I.) :ant1 fetl I#ntl. The iuu Plnildreu tllili llave l>entl,tai~;<l .an. to I,e trratct! natlr th; t~ttnusr I.arca, ior if their palw.ta Lear of their b iug at~l,)~,tcot ally kind of ili*vipiiur tlwy Ilkr rhntn a e sg. TIICt ruth i,, tlw I~~#l iaInma\ r 130 idea ot rlcm tusr discipli~o" Poi i,rraiitero~"1~ n.cnlul ~tTorta,:ottl 1l.v~L i lW t~;dlitinna, habtts. nu41 ~t,,tLa,lln of ~ b i n h i n!~u nhich they firmly ndlacrr. They :Ire weuk, both I!. bocly nl,cl t ~ ~ t t\~\ldli,le thriv nretl* are so few 11131 t h ~ gdo not vial) 10 adopt vivilisctl inul,it,, unlza. to wear a rest, weiug 00 ktnd of 11dcfo1.111c;u ta n11 aha1 ne call rot~svuieae<arn d eo!l~fmt*u rc uot eu(fielt ntly valtrvd by tbrm ru raose Illem To undrrrakv to.obr.~tu~ I I I . I I I LIJ tL~iro$(.euD blld. 'Chid rot,li,:s ni tt %mar deerrtt C\.PO 10 tltt~fi(eY . u L I R ( ~ I ~ltorrcl.\ \.hila the c-r eat ms.iu ~i.ty 1Gk nppo tl% whitohan'& ways with indifference and cootempt. This general statement shows how difficult, if not hc,psleri$, is tbn task of civilizing theae Utes. Andget it should seem that, inasmuch as progress has certainls been made during the past year, more may reasonably ba expected next year, and so an. Whether five, ten, or twenty years will be required to bring then, even to a low state of civilization I do not presume to predict. Civilization hsa been reached by socces-sive stages: first was the savage, clearly that of these Utes; next the pastoral, to whinh n few have now entered : next the barbaric: and fiuallv the enliehiend. soien- |