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Show BEPORT 01.' AGENT IN UTAR. f,,llnwiny many ut' rlru priuripnl ludian* came ro rLe agency in gw;1r alarm and rrr-rihla fate uf rsc.irernmt und 18rEr<rlu e to tnke my family and cwl,loyd* and go immr-tliacelr to the railmarl. fcnrina. a9 was P L . I )D~ I Pt~h.a t 1110\ \-laice Kiver lndislls would e& io thi, agt.nq vJd c.#mi;ol tltrsa ~uriintt<ei tllcr r u join rhuu or leave, and stnr-i u t~hnr rbr r a l lq \vu!tld bl,"lillrd with LluoJ ;" rlcar w.. rrnre tlteir friondr ar~drhey dl81 -n ut r i r l ~us hurr. I hrald thenlwirlt ns tourhcnlmnesr as inorril,lr. aud nfrortlrev ~ had Gnishad what they had to say, J told them what I thought'of the iituation ; that there was no reat danger st Uistrth, and that the safeat place was here; that I aonld remain and t&e care of their property, as, if I and they left, bad white men might come and destroy it and my that Indiana did it., and thus they would get into troubla and lose all tho? had. It was really pitiable to see their distress. After I ha* ftdl given them my views and <leteminrution, I told them to o home and think and t a l l about what I had said and come back an the mormw antwe rrould talk more. They left somewhat oalmed, and the next day came back wi th much assurance and c01lrage. Tabby, our prine.ipa1 chief, came to ma and asked me if I intended taking my famlly out. I said no; J would" sit d o m ~" a t Uintah and take care of tho Indiana and their property. Hnsaid, "All right Indians sit down too." Wehad another talk, and before they left they were eompa~ativelyc alm and satisfied. I treated then, with perfect confidence; told them I would keep them informed a8 to what I heard, and insisted on their treating me in the same manner, which many of tham agreed to do; 1 told tham that I would not permit any of them to go to White River nor shou~ldany of the WhiteRivencome here, as it wouldcsuse trouble, and insisted that they should tcll the White Rivera what I had said. From that time the Indians were mare calm than the whites at Ashley and vicinity. The air was full of rumors of the moat ex-citing character. Repeatedly I was told that the Judians had said they wonld take my scalp, and my reply was thnt if any one was to be takeu I wanted them to com-menoo with me. I invtwiably told the Indian8 that I heard these remarks and knew who made theru, lcnd that they must be careful. . I also gave it distinctly to be under-stood rhat if I fomd any of the white settlers tampering with my Indiana their lives were in dnoger. I had much reason to believe that such was the faot for o. time. It wae repeatedly told me thnt white men had eaid they hoped my Indians would get into troubleand be compelled to leave, so that thisraserve might be opened for settle- I AGRICULTURE AN> IXDlAN INDUSTRY. My statistical report doesnot erthibit results inagrioaltural products equal to former years; but there are, I think good reasons for this. Their seal in farming aper&tions was never greater than dnAog the present year, but the necessity for u ~ i n gth eir |