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Show I REPORTS OF AQENTS IN UTAII. 137 I The Qovernmentowns no buildings here, and the office, btorehouse, &a,. me rented from private parties. There have been no oases of crimes being oommittad by Indians against Indiana, Indime against whites, or whites anaillst Indians. There have baenfour cases of wh?tes selling liqoor to Indians, and all have been or are being prosecuted. One w88 convicted, B I Lt~b e other three are to ha tried in s. few deys. Tllis ia the principal source of aunoga.u;oaaxt this agency, and1 find it al~uost impossible to keep the Indiaus from getting liqnor in some way. A few moro con-victions, however, will have a good efft?ot an the liqnor-aellers. The sanitary condition of thwe Indians is not good, and the uumber of deaths is largely in exoeea of the nnrnbsr of births the former being eleven and the latter only four. Our reason fin this is thst there) is no pllysioian hare authorized to care for them, and treat, them when sick, sod they are dot able to pay for such medical serv-ices themselves. At t,he preaent rate it ia a. question of only a few yeara aheu they will become entirely extinct. There are no schools nor churches here, aud an s. con-sequence they have made no progress during the year in the direction of edrrcntion and Christimity. These Indians are perfectly peaceable and lsw-abiding, and no trouble has ever oc-curred between these Indians and the white settlers. TheTonkawas have ever been the friend of the white man, and they have maup times suffared at the hands of their neighbors, the Comanches and Kiowaa, on account of that friendship; yet, notwith-standing all this, they are lubre poorly provided for by tbe Government than any other tribs of Indians in the ooontq. Their lauds have all been takenfrom them, and none have been given them inret,nrn. In conclusion, I would respectfully recommend that same steps be taken for the re-moval of these Indians, after the present year, t,o wme suitable place in the Indian Territory, when, with s, little assistance for aiew yearn, they o m become self-support-mg. Very respectfnlly, your obedient servant, ELIAS CHANDLER, Smnd Lieutenant, Si.xteenlh Infantry, Aodng Indian Agent. The COMMISSIONER OX' INDUN AFFAIRS. La: In ecoordance with your letterof instruction dated July :31,1 have the honor to submit the followin"e a8 ~n" v~e c~ o~ nadnn ual reoort bf affair8 at this aaencv. . . Duriug the last p.nr I hltva ridclrn uvcr nthst I,C tlrv n.aol.vnt.on, and liod sftnF oaral'ul i,ba..rvnriou t h t t111. b o t t ~ ~ly~inug nlollg (in.~.ral lld \\'hate ltlvers contailla all of tha larmiolr lluds wltlain the liuca'of t l ~r,a, rrviariasta. Tltnlr i~ ,?or abtrenm our-is bountfed by mouhtaina where there ia plenty of water, grass, ebd game. D18POSITlON AND CONDUCT OF INDIANS. The Tabequache band of Utes as a, olass are a well-disposed people, who express a desire to piease Wsahingtan in every wag except in going to work sod having their children strut away to school. They are as fat, as pigs, and ntost of them are the per-sonification of laziness. They spend three-titurtha of their tirue in lying down or sitting flat upon tha ground. When awake they ~ p e u dt heir time gnmblmg, horse-racing, snd hunting There are BOme exceptions to this general rule, as I have some Indiana that are good workers. As a clalis, they sre good-nat,ored and friendly to the whites and Mormons. They do not olass the Mormoua as white men; they knha- too much about them. DRUNKRNNEs.9. I have never seen but one Indian under the influence of liqnor at this agency, but I an, reliably informed thst 8ome of uty Indians get drunk at Uintah. It isno trouble for them to get all the alcohol they want fro~rl the Mormon settlers through the country. EDUCATION. In regard to adnmtiw and ~r loolaI, nn, stwrv 11, say tllnrr hnr nuthing been dot,. nlb?tnser. I havu uasd ill1 t l~nn rxotllwutr and 'iuduc.wtenta :rr 118sr o~ton~lendto get noole bf n ~ yl n d im~ sto scud mmuvf tioe~rc hrltlrtlil to rottbn l?aatt.rt~# or \\'cstrn, indus- |