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Show REPORTS OF AGENTS IN UTAH. 179 wants nnrl rspccr&riond uf rhc. Iuclin!le nncler hi8 care IO rhs roo irsqnenr lar~itudeo f tho Uuvornz~~tr .,i n r3rrynug otlr tllc treaty nb1:~nfiuua. Many Iodiuus in\-c seieored their fnnm :,nd live uu rhrul rbe tttniortrv ui rLu rime. If rs,ud romforrable hatless were erected on the farms of those who have located, it wauTd be an inducement for others to set,tle in fined habitatlone. Usuallv thev do not take to citizen's dress readilv. Verv few wear the annuitv good* lo;)g+r ill.an a t l \ v weeks after isrue but tbe ulirur.u, tl;e !,our, sud tho ,ltihl+~d. '1%- more iaduarrioua, inrtlligr.~ct, sod iudapeudenf, a8 Indian inalnpendaocn ~ o e s , dn.ss ivarriallv III ri\.ilirr,l rlorhlnc oud invariablv tick In rhe hla~~l i rlre.r ci,td. and gee-stking. 1 have noticed that t%osa families who have lived amongkh% pdople, and can converse in Enghsh weil, and would he supposed to have learned someth~ng, are not aa tidy, show less pride in appearance, and exhibit more filth, with one excep-tion, than the most uncultivated Ute in the tnbe. Unqnestiooably, paint, feathers, and pride make an Indian appear to ss good advantage as a, metropolitan belle. One disadvantage to promoting civilization is the lack of help or employ6s. At this agency I sm allowed but four employ6s, and, there being so much work to he done, no one has any time to instract Indians. Were a boafding-school established, the affect would he produotive of p o d resnlts. M18810NARY WORK. . Therehaa been nomiesiaoary work done amongthese Indiana since the establishment of the agency, excepting by the Mormons. How muoh in0nenoe has been aoguired by them I know not, for their missions are clandestine, notwithstanding my repeated instroctions to the Indians to have them report at this agency. The only religions observances I have deteoted was the form of saying grace, when, at one time, Sap-povonaro, Shnvenaux, and other head men were takmg dinner at the mess house. The Indiana visit the Mormons a. great deal off the reservation, and I think seoure sloohol from some of them. This agency is under the oontrol of the Uniterianreligiaussoeiety, who have never d?ne any work among the Indiana orving to the lack of aoeommod;ations for a mis-ezonery. CRIMES. No orimes have been committed during tho year on the reservation; an Indian named Marf was, however, murdered a, few miles south of the reservation while re-turning with a trading party from Blake City, Utah. Red Moon, to whose hand he belonged, immediately reported the matter, hot it was during a. tem orary absenoe from the agency, and when I retorned and made efforts to have the ogender brought in the chiefs and head men nearly all opposed it, on,the ground that Mmf was a 'Lmedi~inmea n" and had on one occasion placed poison in the trail of a very good Indian-Yammen-who died, and later, blowed paison into a very good girl, whoalso died, and hie demise was a just retribuzion, and they refused to deliver up the mur-derer, who escaped and went to the Southern Utes. Angastine a160 killed a Mexioan herder for stealing some 21 horses belonging tohis osmp; this occurred also off tho reservation in Colorado. Augustine was acquainted with the Mexican, and knew him to be a hard character. Having missed a part of his bsod of horses, and having seen the .Xexiean in the neighborhood a day or tm.0 before, he took the tra,cks of the stolen band, and had only proceeded a few milea when he found a spur, belonging, as he recognieed, to the Mexioan. Further on, he found the Mexican's ooat, and later in the day came upon him at hie cabin and shot him. At the cabin, other partiea had been waiting who took the stook and were in-tercepted at Alma by a United Statea deputy marshal in response to a, telegram I had sent. Angustine immediately reported che matter, but I did not.hing beyond helping him to regain a part of his stook, es I considered bc was jus6ifisd in shooting the Mexioan. who wss an outlew aovwav. A poli&e foroe has not been orginiakd here. I have mentioned and urged the matter oousidarably, aodmyreplyhaaalweys been: "What'smatterl Uncompehgres all good boys; want no police." Feeling the foroe of this, and realizing how nntempting the compeneat,ioo, I have allowed the matter to rest. The only tronble I have is their very suooessful attempt8 at securing aloohol, which I think is given them by the Mormons. or at least comes from the Mormon settlements. During the Indian troubles at other agencies during the anmmnr my Indians have mted honorably, and have been very solioitous regarding the good opinion of the Department,, and have requested me to mite letters to such Indians as were dia-tarbed to settle down to quiet,ude at once. Sappovonaro is en exceedingly friendly Indian, has respeot for the Department, and in in mortal fear of soldiers. I think if they were entirely free from outside in0uenoea there would be no trouble ever. Very respeitfully, J. F. GAEDNEE, Ueited 8tatea I%diua Agmt, Oway Agmcg, Utah. The COXMISSIONEORF INDIAANEE URB. |