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Show 18' REPORT OF AGENT IN COLORADO. SANITARY. I can see a marked improvement in their sanitary oondition over that of my first acquaintance with t,hem, eight years since. Early marriages, insieted npon by the Csttholic priest, though it has somewhat interfered with the interest of the school, hsa no doul!t contributed to their sanitary bonefit. To the credit of these Iudiana, it muat be said no half-breed or illegitiruate child can be found among them under ten p a r s of age. CIVILIZATION. All that can truthfiilly be said npon tbis topin has perhaps been antioipated in the foregoing atstemsnts, a,ild yet I wish ro add that theresults growing outof the "rules governing the court of Iudisu offenses" have been mast salufnry in begettirig a eon-vietion that any aberration, however trivial, is likely to be noticed, and that a per-feotlr avrieht, bonant course is the only aclarsnton to trne oivilisation. - I sir, very raspeotfully, your.obedie~rt senant, C. G. BELRNAP, United States Indian Agent. The COMMI~SIONEOFR INDIAN ~GRXTS. SOUTHERNU TE AGENCYC, OLORADO, dr<puat 25, ldd4. SIR: I have the honor to submit my third annual report of the oonrlition of sffairsat thia agency. INDIANS. The Sout,horn Utes number 991. The reservation is situated in Southmostern Colo-rado, and ernbraces s strip of country 15 by 120 miles, sellw&tered, end ie well adapted fur grazing purposes. STOCK RAISING. in the wag of horsca. i8 quite extensively carried on by someof t,hn Indians. All hnve more or less. They take great pride in accnmulating numbers. They trkn to nheep raisirrg very vell. Hoxueve.r,.the last year's reaul t~o f t h i a i ~ ~ d ~ shtarvye been dis-couraging, k ~It d o not nor cannot blame the Indiaos fur their actions. In Mag, 18e3, the Departlnent fitrni81led then, n-ith 4,800 ewes. The? were well pleased vith the gift, and ahowed ruarlied interest in caring for thern, bnt, owing tu t.he limited supply of provisions Rlr idled tllem, they were oompslled t o subsist on tho ~ h e e por starve. They preferred tbe former, and the reault i~ ths~nt ot more than 1,600 of t,he sheep are now left. AGRICULTURE. This is the first time in the history of t,hia ageuoy tbat the agent could say any-thing on thiv nnbject. Theaa Indians have always opposed any moPement which ww axlade in thiv direction nntil last epriug, 5~hooI succeeded in getting ?bur of the hoad men to engage iu tarruing on a ~lnnllsoale. Their n!tntbor was inoreased by volunteers until now there are some 18 Indians interested in farming. There ore only four fanns onened. bnt this is sufficient for the nresent ,m ar. 'I'heo ha v e 511 a,rn.a nf x vbe , t A0 ~~ ~ . ~ . . " Wrre SIC "815, nlld r n, . r .9 oiporntoc,. Tlk pn.,pcela i.r a ~ u u dI i*w r y C c ~ t i f y . inp. TI," wht:dr 18~.8ti1r>al2ord :inllen~.b~.l~perL>lt,~L,i?O~L ~t>~lel(s,)a:t% at .q, l 2 t ~ ~ l ~ p c I I l l ) : ; l : r i v l l f I I o t i . t . I t ir i r .yt I l l i~. i[uh~u t wl r l l proprr aa,i.it I ~ I V Pt l i ~ r gr: itrl LB nt Iraat :oU In<linnt,f nraoling next yt..".. WHISKY TRAFPIC. This is carried on with the Indiai~ei.l l violation of law. hu anrt,nin whit* mmn in ~ ~~ , ... ..~ ....... ." Dunngo, to mtch :XIIe xre8!t rb.tt ar rnne, t l w aitaatit,tb ~ < ~ C O L L I > U ~ ~ T , OI ~n~ o~~L!o~,,.c . r a h n 1lli~~11#0~1tn81w11~~l-t..n*(I ~ot:\(t3 tlrtlnk'Io I~d: i l083tr b~itgenry. Onin:; 1,. the fivt tbat I 11:rvr.n u ~n~nrd-hooaoer p13cr u i c u n t i n ~ ~ ~ oIL~L*(~).f ~iltl .! vent unputli+hed. |
