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Show 182 REPORTS OF AGENTS IN UTAH. ran far the last eight or ten years. I am convinced that no better work isdone to-day or oan he done than when it first opened. To be sure many are taueht to read, write, and spell, but inno oneoase tony knowledge heve the teachings raoa?vedat the agency soh001 had a tendency to eradicate from the minds of the pupils thesuperstitions of the tribe. They are so intimately connaoted with the tribe, even when they ere at #shoal, that they know nothino and dare nothing except what their superstitions parents tell them. I advocate seu8"log the children away to school as the only way to mekeper-maueut impro~emeuat mong them. The Indians send their children to schoolreluct-antly, more ro confer afavor upon the agent, as they think, than from an.r good which they reoeive, and if they do not care to send their children toschool the agent ispower-less to oompel it. To he sure we have a police foroa, but they must necessarily be in sympathy with their tribe. No great good is to be derived from oompulvory sttend-anoe of pupils. DRUNKENNESS. We have had more trouhle from dronken Indians during the past year than ever before. It is easy fbr them to obtain whisky. There is oouataot travel across the reservation. The t r s~e l e r ss ell whisky to the Indians, nor do we ever hear of i t ' till they are beyond our reaoh. One rnan whom we had arrested for selling whisky to Indians died before the case Game before the grand jury; another was indicted, I tried, and acquitted, although we thought we had a clear case ageinsf him. I IMPROVEMENTS. I A Imge irrigarin:: 'lireil w.r* built t l ! l r i !~Ih~e palr ymr for the henetit of tilo \VI~ito Birer I:ws ;lr r rorc of ::L.LOU. Tlnia irrigate9 i l t l itnmc.uar tract of ino~iuvili ir prbsing s suronsa hnyon8l troy i w a r sanguine vapt.,,r:~lion. 'The ladin!ta lv4ru butlr hcrernl quire sall~atn!bliirlh uaae.+,m artly of sa\rvd i<,;s. The Indians freighted 48,148 pounds of their annuity goods and supplies from Provo City to the agenoy, about 150 miles, earoing$1,441.44. They did all of this with their own teams. Besides, they hnnled 30,350 pounds of freight from Salt Lake City to the 5g0nOy for the traders, for which they were paid 3 centa a, pound. Theymake careful freie-h ters. COURT OP INDIAN OFFENSES. No court of Indian offenses has been orgauized as yet. In several cases, when Indiana hcwe bee- arrested for offenses whioh would be grievous under white man's law, I have hwl them tried before a jury of picked Indians, and in every case they acquit the culprit. They dislike to aee tHeir friends punished. I have found by experienoe that it is always best for the agent to take summary measures ageinst offenders. INSPECTION. We werevisited in Mayby Inspeotor Robert S. Gardner, who made a cllrefnl inspeo-tion of this agency, aud who I hope gme us oredit for some good. SANITARY. The sanitary condition of these Indians is good. Mnny of the old Indians have died dutino the aear. Them have been 39 deaths and 38 births during the year. The "mediEine min"are autive and always on hand, hut their influenceia not as great as formerly. CONCLUSION. In oonolusion, I see no rebson why these Indians should not make good progress. They me well started, end I think fullyraalize their attitode toward theGovernment and thepeople srouod them, and know that they must sooner arlaterdepgnd entirely upon their own exertions. It requires great patienee to deal with them. They are wards in the true sense of the term. My successor has alredy been appointed, and I expect to be relieved in a few days. I heve everyreason to thank theDeosrtment for the eucoura-ee ment it has a t all times given me in my endeavors to assist 2he Indians. I have the honor t,o he, very respeotfully, ELIBHA M. DAVIS, Umited State8 Iedian Agent. The COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. |