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Show REPORTS OF AGENTS IN UTAH. 149 LGIIICULTURE. Iu tlbe ?Toy uf fatauiu~,t hvrc 11:m not LC?" nny pr0gl.cs6 ~~i.rdeier llrl. 1)s wltito em- 1'loy6s or Indiitn* ar rhi9 L I ~ C ' U C ~a,u d 1lhc.rr v:dn I,? n.,rliu,v iloltc, [until #lirrltrv arc cnn-ar!. t~vtcrlt o il'ri.nt., the Ingld. l'hc*~ea 1.t 1l.uusnnri~c sl's, wr oi :tr lrootl land crn this ~ ~~~~ "~ nsewarioo as mn L,c fbund uuywlwrr, n-hwh ir \rol.tblc,% \rirhottt'\varrr, ad rbere ia uo ramfall here Trun, \fay ru Suprecarl,e~t.o sllo;+ko f, 211.1i r \ru tld be tnreles* ttl put in ... =.r. o t i t i i 'l'l~croo rc atnte ;, rnuurbcr o i m\. 1ncli;tnr that .)re ;nt#riour ~~ ~~-~~~ ~ to commence farmine nest spring if the' neoessary ditches ire constructed to irrigate Tho ageneybuildinge are all of a temporarp character, built of rough lags, with earth roofs. and are noarlv adapted to the n. uro. ose for which they are used. This. ! lowc\ .~r, l ' c ~ ~ ~~ O~' ,LrI tI I L IdIu~; itll: nozt iolurarr. By t l ~ t~i t nt r 1 hope 11, ltnve rho saw-mill ur<l~rubdy rhc drparrnwnr, tttld II~I\V I , e ~ ~ ~ g ~ l o l i vtl~tireeadfi~emr y i ~o.p era-t icm uraunnua itttarbcr iur 111.1 i . ?w btt:ltlinrr C O I I I P I I I I I~~~ l:l~i t ~- lI~b r1,.1~1..t L ~tl:t\. It0 inst.rGote'~t1o cut np with as little delay as possible. The eurpluyi force cn~aii-tru i \rLit+.s: I cll.rl<,I ~,llgici.tnI, bluckalnitl~,1 V:IIJ)CII-trr, 1 millcr, 1 ixrnopt : 1nJi;aus: I I:~burar,1 ir1rvv1>rt.ter.\ Vl,ile uof cn:a;c$ i n their v..soertlva v o c a t i ~ ~tnlw~v. I,a\.e 5 ~ , . t ~I !uildi~~dic!!tI:O~I. t lw t#nrt~01~@~I 'ex1~~101111 1iF11r- u - . nrage for agonoy stick. " - SANITILRY. The sanitary condition of the Indians is good The number of birth8 reported are 51, deaths 4, dnring the last year. No crime punishable by law has been committed nu the resorvztiou by Iullians or against their persona dnring the year. There has beeu nothing done under this head, only throoghthee~nployCfo rce. The religious care of thi8 agency is assigned to tho Unitarianohuroh, nuder the charge of Rev. Mr. Re~noldsw, ho is desirous of doing something for the welfare of these In-dians. I will readily 00-operate withhim inzny. wa.y that will tend to their ultim;lte gmd. The annual statistical renort of this agency is herewith onolosed. I hnvetks honor to be, very respeotfnlly, )-our obedieot servant, J. F. MINNISS, .a United States Indian Ago>t. The CONMISSIOSEll Oli ISDIAX ABIIAIRS. UIman VALLEY AGESCY, Utah, Se$tsa~Be~1,. 1882. SIR: 111a eoo1.danoe with department instructions, I have tho l~ouotro submit tho folloming as my twelfth annur~rle port of the Indians sod agency under m y charge; . also the accompanying statistical report rcl:btivc to tho name. The last pear has bean one of peenliar anxiety and triale, botll to the Indians and agent. Whilst the nilvuut of the White River Utes did unt prodnoa ang serious trouble, yet from the *dot thbt many of t.heln rutnziilod of the rt,serrr. oud nt titnos manifested bad ttnnlper and innnbordinntion, and also t,n tltn fiat tllst ths lJte aomn~iasionf ailell to IIPI-CI tile l i~i l~8l1s1 '~dy"tl i~ndi ~ l l o t t ~ildl ~ d\-eraltyto those rho oame and remained, es \\.ell as to <lo ather thiugs which the Inclisns a1plmsec1 t,llep |