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Show ,--, . . : . . . . , . - . ' .~ . . . . . ~. . . i z s . - BEPORT OF AGENT IN COLORADO. morallaws. The work of buildinn hausas and mauinr t~he- Tndinn C%nnili~nan on t h e i r ~ .~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . . own aqloctiun~of land waa begunU&nd aith auch porai.itettey LhGiGi&t hoaao rn rlto villngra wan turn dowu lsac iall, o3ch fi<milg having born plaead iu tlrair own liouau nnd unoa tbeir owu Iatxd. Altltourl ver ton no,,n ten I** rll., frill i.~Yei.cts ~ ~~ ~ ~ D - " -- ... ...- .. ... .... ......- of the change, sake of ita benoifits are alreetly apparent in the improvement in the hahitsand morality of the Indians, n i well as in the increased birth rate aud reduced death rate. aa oomnarod with nrevious ""e arn. ~ I n ror.rl~~sioritl,i a P T U ~ K P R Si ilnrle during tlln pilet yorr l~aaI ~rclt~ mrifyin,v. Tl l a lutliana see rhe l~enntttso i aelf-uaert~oun ncl in,lopen#lu!lt~e,a nd I believe ttroy aro c1etcrmiar.l to pomevarr, aud if fl>ey:a rc wipely gllided ihav will it) a yvurd bo in con~forr~tlc~ilruc. lttsar~rtcea. Very respectfullg, THOMASC ONNOLLY, Wrst Lieultnn8t& Pivat InJantry, dclivtg Iwdtaa Agert. The Coxurssroven oe INDIAN Ap~ntlts. Parmission was p a t a d by the Depsrtmontlo take os full boarders auah children who wished to attend school and who lived too faroe to oonls daily. We hadduring tbelatter pert of the tarm 7 foll WardeFs. One little waif8 years old makes his horns at the sohwl. The closing exercisa. showed great improvement all dong the line of sohwl work. The mom in which the exercises were lleld wm too small for tllat purpoae. I reoommena that s t leaet one room be made large enough fm genernl erordaea. The borldlng was oonstrocted for s bos rdin~so llool bot is poorly arranged for that purpoae. The pltmbio is defeotive. Theagent considered i t neosaiary for the health of the en~nlo~aensd ohildren to hare &a water cnt off from the main part of theboilding. f have piven the olltdoor work as muoh a t t e n~o naa I oould possibly spare from the schoolnarn d othsr indoor work. I recommend that a good white nlnn be ap ointed to take charge of the gar-dm and farm, oue who isoapable of 'vim8 the boys someinddsbi2training. The children looked olean and h e s h y ~ 1 .w3 e:ew ell clothed. The narnber ofgsrmenta itud other articles manufeotu~edd uring the term m e 5 23. Wo shaU begin the next yenr with inoreased energy and ma], nod hope the result,will be suoh M to place this among the bent conduotea Indian day schools. Reapmtfnlly submittad. RORE K. WAT~OLI finnpa1 T&. Lieot. THOS.C ONNOLZYU,. S. A. ~ a t < mkgg mt. REPORT OF AGENT IN COLORADO. REPORT OF SOUTHERN UTE AGENCY. SOU~HERUWTE AGENCY, Ignacio, Golo., Avgllst 90, $894. mi SIR: In complisnce with instructions, 1 have tho honor to submit my report, to ether with census, statietics, and other data for the period from November %l, 1883, to Aurust 20, 1894, inclusive, or during time I have been in charge of the Southern Ub Indians. - - Besemtirm.-The Southern Ute Iteservatition is located in sou~hwestom$olor&do, paralleling 'tho Colorado-New Mexico line for 110 miles osst and west by 15'miles |
