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Show REPORTS OF AGENTS IN UTAH. UmTan VALLEYA GENCYU, TAH, Sur~s2t0 , 1885. SIR : In compliance vith Department instmotians, I have the honor to submit the following as my third i tnrn~i lre port of affairs pertaininn to this ageney and the Indians under my char e I also submit herewith my stat"istioa1 report and a care-fully prepared census o f these Indians as they numbered on the 30th of June: 1885. There are two tribes of Indians located on this reservation, the White River and the Uintah Utes. The complete census is as follows : White River Utes: Men over 18 years old. ............................................... 14.2 Women over 14 year8 old ............................................ 150 Boys between 6 and 16 years old. .................................... 56 Giils between 6 and 16 pears old. .......... .;. ....................... 67 Boy8 under 6 years old .............................................. 46 Girls under 6 sears old .............................................. 43 . - 514 Uintah Utes: Men over 18 rear8 61d. .............................................. 141 WI~IIIPII over-I4 ,yoma old.. .......................................... 152 H o w bvrtveen li xod 16 yearn d c 1 . .................................. 67 Girl? 11clnorrr I; anal lli yr;,re u1<1. .................................... 50 Boys under 6 years old .............................................. 47 Girla under 6 years old .............................................. -50 508 - Total. ............................................................ 1,022 No great event transpired during the past year to make it more noticeable than others. Profoond peace has prevailed among these Indians, only disturbed now and then by exaggerated rumors of war among the more warlike t r~b ens orth and south of us. The year hall been one of marked progreasho these Indians in qnieting the feeling of envy and jeslouay whioh has always existed between the two tribes at this sgeuoy. The White River and Uintah Utes have intermarried more during the past Tear than ever before in the history of the tribes. This tends to make them one i)eoplle. Same of the differences between these tribes may not he out of place here. The Uintahs branched off from the great Ute nation and settled by themselves in this valley many years ago. The Uintahsarean agriot~lturalpeopled, epending verylittle upon the chase. The hahits and oustoms of the Uintah Indiana are more nearly like those of the tribes north of $hem. The language of the Uintiahs is, I apprehend. tho pure Ute language, it having undergone little or no change sinoe they settled here. On the other hand the White Rivers have never taken kindly to agrioolture. The chief cause of the Meeker massacre wssbeososa Mr. Meeker tried to compel them to work. They have never been oonteut,ed to aettle downin one place. Their habits are mare like their southern neighbors. Their language isdifferent in many respects from that of the Uintahs, it heiug stroll ly tinctured with Spaniah. You can well imagine the jealousy and envy that woulfnaturally arise inthe brewtsof the Uintahs by bringing these 550 White River Utes among the Uintahs and laoating them upon lauds which the Uintahs hadalways claimed, and whioh they were alwsys taught was theirs. To widen the breach between them, the Uintahs were compelled to stand pesoefully by and see the White Kiver Utes, whose hands were reskin* with the blood of Agent Meeker, his family and his employ.48, receive a l&r e as& annuity, when they nere lmought here in 1882, and they receive nothiug. $his was a bitter draught for them, and tended to widen the breech between them; and then a large herd of beef oatt,le belonging to the White River Utes was brought here at the same . time, which waa iasued to them in abundance, while the Uintahs received little or none. The Uintahs vere not properly included in the compact between the Government and the Ute Indians, entered into in 1880, by which the confederated bands of Utes were to receive s, oash annuity of $80,000 per annum, but in view of the relinquish-ment of their rights to t h i ~re servation to the White River Utes, by order of the late Secretary of the Interior,tbey were admitted to equal share in this annuity. The "Confederated Band of Utes," includ~ngt he Uintahs, numbers about 3,300 souls; therefore each Indian is entitled per snnum to about $15. Out of the &are belonging to the White River Utes the "Meeker pensions" have to be paid, amonnting annoally to about $3,000, thus reducing the per capita due the White River Utea to about $11. During my administration here I have made my estimates for each tribe as nearly dike sa possible, whiehoan eaaily be done, the two tribes numhering nearly the same. The lines of demarkation between theas tribes are not as well defined as formerly. Intermarriage and conatant interoourae with each tends to make these Indians one people. They see their common interests. Their progress in agriculture he8 not been |