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Show know them to be men of integrity and ~os i t ionm, orally and socially, but for the sake of oeace. aeree with mv Indiana n ~ o nno nresident encineere who are to em~ l o v at l e a ~it wo 1;~d;'sna shiitauin. 1 will iit an aarl) dale su'6mit bid8 by rretdrm;orb tile ltona,nlble ('untn!asaionrr uf the (;anera1 ).and Othrr, nnd IrltHt Illis q18e(11ion Of " whara 1110 l i lm is" will be ~ U I O Y On~(l i1181ed. Whisbg.-\\her> the lJ,:pnrtmest raal'Llur rh8I 1 1lh.o R renvrvntion wirlt 260 milra of bonlpr and ant ~uI,jr#:ttld lo the lr<nlcsr drrds of n very tuttgh rJaaa of whitesand Mexirnnl, rile t:mk or rt.gul;,ting tllu mil ot rrattic ill silluinuua rumpuuo~laealled " whldky" em tnrily lwo-timarrd. I lu\ r e t~rI,,y uffcl.ingr rwnnla, wltirll 1 ngrw to pa,r ultt of my own fuoals, 1 hnvo nr lrnat soccceded iin esrbij>(: cl!n the evil ru D corn-mcn~ lvblre xtet!t. The htustliug renanl ia $25, money 1,) LH )did upox8 cuuvirtion, and as acme of my poliee~r~eanr e loyal, the v~fpors,t , far sa tbn %fua,.l,onndC npora trilw* exrenrl, io very gralil)i~tg. As fo rbu Wenrn~ntlcbae It.ibo, they are ou the errreulr weat erul of th~, re~crvreo.v tw IOU rnilrsdis1;~nl.:u nd are bb~und1 1 1 ~e ~ ~ l rion l many rcapec,rs. Cltiof Igl,;,eio trlla mu tllr) refreiu r\vton drink'rirsd nErs or' lr~w-le~* s%sh,8 8r 1-have lung .ium Jerlined In ac8:tpt rheclliefs \vuni at par, and l~RInnn informed Itinn. aa l ~ oha . l'ronunntlv" lird to me in raznrd to acl~oul*. fartuitar. and - -, matters of le& importmce. Parents1 sgection.-The Utes are exceedingly affectionate to their little ones and neither awnt noremolov6 has ever a8 vet noticed &blow orharsh rebuke from~arent or a . \\'hen ' zabnminy charge rlre lirtlt onen were qtsitc ehy and <~i~tiEutoI t appn,aell sirhour uxcirtug fear, bur kindnose and a few dollam j$ndioiousl,v iuvcstod i t , roufevr~u!tvrv ;clld udra llns mrersrd ILrnler cnnditiunr. hod uf "WBBIII the llltln fnl and of even t h p e r wieh at play. They &re all FerfeOt in symmetry,-as a Ute parent will not raise a ehilrl that isin any way deformed. Police.-The police force eonsiats of a oaptein and 12 privates. The Moache and Capote polioe are, with two or three exceptions, loyal and obedient, while the Weeminueher, members of the force ore less active. Three have been dischareed on B C C O I I ~ Io i axe .~ntlc a1,a~ity1 01 TC91, itll~lr l l~i rp l : ~ r ~fidll ed Ity JCnngPr n!& Wlo were rean~.,lud lor dstertinx rhrit rind vnl~turin the tnanngrcssor. A l l t~n,lrrntatd thnt urotnotion to tho furre rnlr r,ulr bu srcur.-,l%v .rrertinz rhoae rlbu atwtl.. Imia-e whiscj upon the reserve, or violate %ha ilew goveGing lndi&s and 'reserves. Schmls and ednoation.-Rere is the perplexing problem. We hs.ve 274 children of school age, and but 8 itt the Fort Lewis Indinn sohool and 3 st Oolorado Institute for Deaf and Blind. The treaty of 1880 provides for school8 upon the reservption, and pending treaties subsequent to 1880 contain like provisions. Congressionad neglect to rntifv or reiect treaties is res~onaiblefo r years of uncertainty and doubtful eon-ditions." Dep&tmsot oan not autboriae oostlfschool cdifioes ereckd to be abandoned, while tempormy strnotnrea manifest s want of faith even blanket Indians ale qu~ck to detect. Of the Ute ohilcllre~s~en t to the Albuquerque (N. Mex.) achaol W per cent died while 25 ner cent of those aontribnted to Port Lewis school. under tho Dlecedine lncliran i,imi,ioistratioll, ae1.c rrn>dt.n,cla ightlear I,$ trao3it.r ox"% I<ourltru!~l;nl iar.,~a1 ; the v,vnr, rha 1n"t-nntnod trio now heing l ~ b a ~ ~pur<l,vl i~<l t.clf or h~ the l)epnr!~fi~~ut st ('olorn.lo lnotirute for l)eili aad Hlind. hailln from the ~lnploml~nlxr ,,,.rlrni.eJ relared, Clliel Ign:a~.ioi a a poraur fwr to wlucitriwn, iuncl he i9 111)l \~l thonti nrlt#~11~?, p : i f I h e r i b , He ia at<,l,l#clrop, rnvfi.nll$. ~ r n ~ ~ ~ d c v { ' " - ble to renaon. and nn tunvieldinrr stickler fur the hebiw. cnalalns, inn81 i~;t.thodo~f hi8 early days. - Or1 April 22, 1893, Department isstled instruction8 not to force attendance of Indinn children to nonreaervation schools seninst the will of parents. but the law of Hnrrlt 3, 1693, will ctmhlou;.vnta ( rhcn autlh.rir~dt,o witltiboid rnrini~~andanlt!liti~a fro#u Indian psrenrs or gnunli.~ns who relu6o or neglr,r.r to tiwlti and keep rhvir ehiltlmn of orunrr orhool a r e in aoluo srhoul u rmruni~bloi, orrion of rlw .se.r. A8 a preceding <arGraph in thb report mentions the a.ffectiok of litt.le ones. ,t, nnold be wroo.* in ~nl i cvnndn rincirtle t,o force Ute parent8 fbr their children between the ~~~~~~ . .., ~~ ~ ~ ~ -- ~~ . ., . - . *go&o f I;m d IOjenr* roan). rvhool, llnle14 it I>(U. POII 11w reqerv+(. Cllildre~es~c eedil8g 1Il rears shw~ldb e fon.cd ro arrencl tlonreaerrario~%~ rbaola,n a the ruak uf educa-ti&,., \ rh-m- t nanilr who arc iusr arl.ivitou at rhe uf rm.aun nre tluilv tl!n#wn inru . . cozltdrr wcth pnrrntitl irnrxtu;i#lilj, \YHI(&I. ~ R C R ~ ; a~n,t1 n barbaric diilrcr, ie lorc'e Inlwr losr, n nation's e f i r t rlecked. I a!~;.ll nsk ullllwr!ty to upf n a c l a ~sc llnol on Auril I. 1W15. rrurri~se rhnt in rlw menn1,nlc Conerr-s r i l l rake sc,nle definite and dioicive actidn as to tketies, and thus enable the Department to proceed in matters .. .. -- ~~ , . Ag6eolture.-Alrco,,~ of definite ncriot! $18 tod~npmitiuqoft rontiedtryos~th e artof of Congress hnu pre\eutrd ;rllc,ln~ent,c ~ont~nnetrrli bal mlnrlona, aud d~seou~.agearglr i-rnltnrc. Tllir ryarotu of dnnl,t and ultcnrtnintg h a prevailed since IR88, a d as a |