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Show REPORT OF UTE COMMISSION. out arch a mill; and if it were built with Sheb own money, they ~vonld probably take a greater interest in learning how to manage it. At resent, I am informed, the government pays 9 cents a pound for flour delivered at t i e agency; the agent esti-mates it would coat 3 cents a pound if be had a mill. Seoondly. About twentp-five short-horned bulls. Most of the cattle belonging to the Indians are of the long-horned Texas stook, and an infuaion of the short-homed breeds would not orrly improve the milking qn&lities of the cows, but a160 increase theit average wei ht If the och0x band is located here, the herd without great ex-pease oould be enfaried suficiently to meet the demands of all the Indims without the aid of beof-contractors. ~Thirdly. About twelve &allions, well adapted for draught purposes. The Indian ponies are of very little use, except underthe saddle, and ifwork-horses ail1 be needed for farm purposes, either they must be purobwd and taken into the country or else the nstive stookmust be improv+l. The Indians think much of their ponies, and any effort tending toward theix improvement would be gratefully apprecisted. Fourthly. A good stookof farming i~pl emeutan d aeeds. The agent reported that several families had expressed thair w~lliugnesst o work, but he had no tools for them. They do not need expensive articles, but somet,hing strong and durahlo,.likely to stand the hard knocks novices will give them. Of aeeds the ataples are most needed. Fifthly. An increase of the police force allowed by law. This agency would, under the general act, be allowed eight or nine policemen. At the start, if the agencies are to he consolidated it would probably be well to ham the number increased tn fifty, the extra to be p d d from the tribal fund. Fifty men oaref~~lclyho sen required to be a t or near the agency, might help t~ok eep therest of the hand from gAiug an far from the reservtution. The firat year or so such a force would need a. chief, an11 a good man oan now be seouredfor tvehe or fourteen hundred dollars. I refer ta Capt. U. M. Cur-tis; he bas peat influence witb these Indians, has lived with them for many years, speaks theirlanguage well, and has led,t)lem as soldiers. In Mr. Curtis the agent would not only have an interpreter, s went he sadly feels at preaent, but mould ~ B O have inahargeof his police aoapablebleman,respected andlooked ilp to by theIndiana. At least work in such a poriitian could be easilytested by a year's trial, it being his dutynot q n l ~ t koe ep the Indims quiet and orderly, but make them remain on tho reservation; pmvldod, of course, traders at the agency are permitted to sell ammunition, though it be in limited quantities and subject to the order of the agent. In conclusion, whstever'is to be done should he done qaickly. It isveryim&tant thet they should be put to work ewly in the sprin , and if they sra henceforward to live nuder a new regime the sooner it is introducetto them the better. I t is certainly U, be desired that the buildin s at the new .%ggenay will be of a some-what more civilized character than the rude fog huts at rewent occupied. The In-disns learn only by imitation, and with the good saw-mifi nov on the resenation, plenty of lumber, and the good supply of employds, there is nothing to prevent the. erection of comfortable homea, and at the aamn time models fit to be on ied. I left the agency on my return Wednesday night, September 18, an%reaohed Fort Steele Monday, the 23d of September. Having reoeivsd tele raphio instructions to proceed to the Uintah Reservation, es-corted by Lieutenant daCauley, I left Fort Steele September24, arriving at Salt Lake the eveding of the following day. Thursday, the BGth, was ocouhied in fitting up far the trip, A wagon warranted to carry us over the mountains and a guide were hired. Friday morning at sunrise we started, and had one but twenty milas before the wagon broke down. Finding it useless to attempt t%e mountsina with a broken wag-on, to save time I hired a horse and sent our driver as courier over the trail to the agenoy, requesting the agent to procure of the Indians their release to the country south and west of the- San Jnau d i ~ t ~ i cIt ;re turned to Salt Lake City. While wait-ing for the return of the courier I reeisved a call from Tabby, ehief of the Unitshs, and Tookawenna, subohief. They each expressed themselves as pleased aith the work they are doing at the agenoy and as willing tg si n the release. The courier. returned with a, letter from the agent, to the eftect that t%e lndisns were out hunting,. but a8 soon as possible he would oonveue them and secure their signatures to the re-lease. About a month latter I received thin document properly signed and witnessed, and take pleame in presenting it herewith [Dl. From the Indians met and Agent Critohlow it would seem as if their needs were about t,he same ss at, White River. They partioularly requested that stoves, wagons, and harness be given them, in addition to whatever atook and farming implements mi1 h8 t be sent. (See Mr. Critohlow's letter, marked E, herewith submitted.) requested, I reported on Saturday, October 20, at Fort Garlimd, to the ahairman of the oammisaion. All of which ia respectfully aibmitted. W. 8. STICRNEY, Seoretary Ute Sp8sdal Conmiasion. The Ron. UTE COMMI~SIONERS. 12 IND |