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Show I REPORT OF AGENT IN UTAEI. 483 1 of that kind they have the ready answer, !'We don't want to send our children I to somo ili*tant fiohool tu die." hlany su~ersritiunnn till olio$( tc) thoae InJions, hut thcy are slowly orercom-. i n-n- th em. No houd?-l,ornille. has orcurl.ed il~lrinct he vear. and few. if an". ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ " ~ ", 1 ~ o n i ehsa ve been killed a t th;? graves of friends. I Uintsh Agency is beautifully located on the table-land slope of UintahMountains, about 10 miles from the base, and is surrounded by tillable lands, abundantly watered b:, the ' I ever-rushing " mountain streams. This reservation contains about 2.000.000 acres andcomorises thsentire water I ~ ~-~ ~~ ~ = - ~ ~ shed of the Uintah and Duchesne iiveks. Itwas set apart for theparpetnaluse of the Ute8 by President Lincoln in an executive order October 3, 1861, and sub-sequently by four several acts of Congress, the latest of which dates May %, 1888, and is occupied by two tribes, theuintah and the White RiverUtes. Population by tribes: / White -~intah-s.l~~, ,, The Uintahs have been on this reserve much longer than the White Rivers, and are as s, tribe further on in industry and civilization, better patrons of schools, etc.. though a rery perceptible improvement in the White Rivers is noticeable in the last year. Sow-*wick, their chief, and a man of excellent parts, good friend of schools and loral to the Government, for some reason did not please them ; he was conkdered anusurper. They said that one Saws-no-cut wlw their rightful chief, and that if he were made chief they would bring their children to school. I reported to the Commissioner, and by his consent Saws-no- cut was recognized chief, and, true to their promise, they brought in some twenty new scholars the following Monday. Schmla.-Two fine and commodious schoolhouses were erected at this agency last summer, by cnnlrmt, which at last furnishes a eomfortshle home for this school.althoughmany improvements must yet be added. The loeationissu~erb. A fine lawn stretches for 60 rods in front, in which I have set an orchard of choicest fruit of great variety, now two years old; also the school garden of 5 acres is cultivated among the trees, and abundance of water Bowsin ditches close ~ o t aplo pulation ................................................................... Males ................................................................................ PemlleB Males, layears and over ........................................................... ema ale^, 14 years and over ........................................................ Males. 6 to 16 ye..rs ................................................................. Females, 6 to 16years .............................................................. to the houses. School opened October 5, but the houses not being completed until December 1, the attendance for the first quarter was small, but during the entire nine months reached an average of 41. Very satisfactory progress was made by all t,he pupils. I have erected two fine flag poles, one at school buildings and one at agency plaza, though as yet we have but one flag, made bv the agency ladies two years ago. I will say that the extra work incident to the fitting up in detail of an entire new school premises, which included the clearing of a dense growth of ounc bushes and trees from 15 acres of ground, building of vegetable cellar, hentouse, cow b m , and other necessary outbuildings, ditches, eto., taxed the time and energies of superintendent and industrial teacher to their utmost. Farming.-1 note a decided advance.in farming on the entire reserve; more farms are opened and closer attention is paid to details on the part of older farmers. The subjoined statistics will show a gratifying increase in all kinds of produce, as well as in the building of houses. The harvesting is now being done with a prosrect of a good yield. It would be nearly impossible to make actual measurements of grain and vegetables, as consumptionis going on all the time, many crops being partly and some largely consumed before thrashing t,irne. Issues and annnitiss.-Regular weekly issues, consisting of fiour andnet beef, are made to these Indians. and irreaular issues of suear, salt. bakine ooader. soao. 452 w5 Zm 125 140 14 64 corfec, and bacon. amounttng to nearly hnlf thvil. suhaiitenre. a.ialso cloiliin,b; blankets, ~inpham., rlanoel*. shawls, sho:s, ho0l.5, ho-2. rants, \.rsts, coat$, over-coats, and durk suits: full oupplicm of all tllese for every school child. 384 rn 178 I10 107 58 51 |