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Show I REPORTS OF AGENTS IN UTAH. 157 I tribntingnllamong the Indians. This purchase conld be made withfilnds, "remora1 and support of confederated bands of Utes," of which there ia a balance to the oredit of these Indians. They take excellent care of the cattle they have. I have never known them to kill their cows or young stock eseept in extreme oases. I have in,- pressed upon them ineouncil and personally the utter nselcssness of their ponies md the great profit in raising cattle. I believe they only need to beatarted. SCHOOL. DRUNKENNESS. We have been greatly annoyed duringthe year by drunken Indiana. Ifirstadopted the plan of puttiug the drunken Indims in jail. This nas not a permanent relief. The latter part of May I employed two Indian detectives who s!~ceeededin obtaining evidenae ageinst a white man of Ashley, Utah. He was arrested, but being able to seonre bonds was let loose, rand began immediately to sell whiriky again. He was a, ain arrested the lnttcr partof June and taken to jailat SaltLakeCityfortheaotion ofthe grand jury in September. Since that time I have not seeu an iuGoxioated In-dian. The Iodisns will all drink if they can get whisky. In a drunken row in June one of our policemen was shot and killed,lmdanother Indian severely woonded. On several different occasions Indians have been fined fordrunkenueae and disturbing the peace. POLICE FORCE. Our police force numbers 7 in all-1 officer and 6 sbrgeants and privates. They are ,lot as efficient as I oould wish. The salary is so iuoonsiderahle that it is notpon-siblu to ssotzro the best men. Their intentions are p d ; they will do anyt,hing if told, hut they ere not aggressive. LAND IN 8EVERAI.TY. In several of my monthly reports during the year I have given my views upon the question of having the arable land of the reservstian sectioned and sorveyed end sl-lotted to the Indims. The question of boundary lines between Indian farms is con-stantly arising. This matter omnot be aatisfaotorily adjusted till the land is defined by metes and bounds in notual Burvey. Thenatural jenlousy between these two tribes of Indians agmav~teath e matter. When the White River Utea were brought to this reservation three yearsago the Uint.ahs ocoupied all the bestlanelssitherforfarms or pasturage. Believing theirs a prior right they were reluctant to yield to the White Rivers. If the lands were surveyed we would feel jnstified in continiug eeoh Indian to his treaty rights, and not allow him to roam over four or five times as much as he can properly care for. If lands were allotted to the Indians with the assurance that they would be the rightful owners after n period of years, they would be stimulated to make improvamsnts, build houees and barns, fences and ditches. Idollot pretend to say that the majority of these Indians &re far enough advanced to reoeive land in , severalty, hnt some of them are. Such m measure will be a practical soltxtionof nlany difficulties. I t is an inevitable consnr!!lenee, and the sooner the good work is begun the better. The Indians will gradnslly avail themselves of the opportunity of soquir-ing titlea to their land. FREIGHTING. These Indians hauled with their own teams M,L201 pounds of Government supplies from the reilroed terminns at Park City to the agenoy. The distance is abont 150 miles. . For this work they were paid $2,180.02. |
