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Show REPORTS OF AGENT8 IN UTAH. sahools, aud the con reptions at the oha el? are very good. The women's aocietiea have all kept up their meetings and t%ar sewin ,by whioi ihey gather more m lees money,wh~ohth ey devots tolwal objects and help to rniaaions at%ome end ahmad. The men's aaoieties hare been too muoh absorbed in the olitioe of tbe hlhs and their ownlooalatlairs, and bencehsve done ~ e r yht t lisn the way oichoroh wor& or sslf-improven~eutw, hich is tn ba regretted. Blessed peace seems to have settled dovn upon us sir and give. ua the hope that harmony will slwiryssaistbetweeuyu~~snuds of themisaim aud it; sah'ool. and theknowledge that we have yoor Christian s5mpathy and intereat in all good work, snd the absuranoe that we s b l l hare jnatic! at your hands, gwss us courage in enterir~gu pon mother ear of labor for the elevation and salyattoo of this Yankton people. Tbe adtical time fur them is stiand,and it behomesall who havethem bast interestg at heart to pull together and redouble their m r t s to save them from the deslgna of evil men and the horrors of intemperance. anrl the license, whioh,in being in a measure relleved from the old tribal inw and their wardship under the oovernment, they m~stskefo r liberty. Very respectfully, yours, JcmEpa W. Coox. .T rl R""u ..*.ll .-, UniUd States Indian Agent. REPORT OF AGENT IN UTAH. REPORT OF UINTAH AND OURAY AGENCY. U~NTAH AND OURAY A~ENCY, Whits Rocks, Utah, Alrgust 9.1894. 818: I have tho honor to submit herein the annual report referring to history of work, progress, and events pertaining to this agency for the fisaal year ending Jnne 30 1894 and as re uired by section 203, regulat~onso f 1894. in obLdianae to 8rder No. 137, War Department, series 1893, and instructions from tlre Honorable Conunisnioner of Indian Affairs, I assumed charge of the agenoy on the 24th clay of Jnly, 1893, relieving oitizen Robert Waogh. I regret that the condition of affairs of the agency was not follnd to contain so much for satisfaction and promise os had been represented by my predecessor, a d thet, althoumh muoh effort has been expended upon tllese Indlens 111 the past year, t.hey are stil?far from "the high road to prosperity and oivilisntion." The tlgenoy comprises the supervision of affairs pertaining to the Uintahs, White Riven, and Unoompahgrea of the ooafederated hoods of Ute Indians. The Uintahs and White Rivers are located on tbe Uintah Reservation, with ngenoy headquarters at White Rooks, near base of Uintah Mountains, while the Uncompahgres are looaced on what is knownas the Uncompahgro Reservation, with headquarters of the agenag, whioh is known as Oursg, and il sobageucyof Uintah, at Ocrray, 33 milee south from White Rocks. During the past ysar these agenoy headquarters hwe been provided with oommunieation bytelephone, the line running from White Rooks through Fort Duohesuo. thanee to Onray Indian hoardine achool (4 miles helow Ducheane) and on to the agdnog at Ourw. - - The Uint~lhsa nd White Rivers oooopy s, large extent of territory, some of them living as far sa 60 miles from White Rooks; they seem, however, inclined to come in and locate nearer the agenoy. Old Tabby, the principal chief of the Utntahs, now robah17 ,ls hundred years old, lives far sway on the Upper Dnahesne.. He alings to %is home there, but he can not laat long, and whm he is gone all of his people will want to come in and take lends nearer the ageno The Indians of the Uintah Reservation, a ~ t h ~ u ~di%spo~se~d al nld peaceable, have never been inolined, as B whole, to rapid advancement in r a y s of oi~ilizratiana, nd have appeared to look upon efforts made in their. behalf with distrust and as endangering their rights in their reservation. They sre don( to appreoiate school ~r ivi legetsh et have been provided for them, and ding to the tdea t h s t sending chll-ren to aohool ia a favor conferred upon the agent, for which they ~h o u l dre oeive some separate rewax6 or favor. This is gradually being overcome, I.think, and the most of those whose ohildren have been in the aohool the past year realize that they have been benefited thereby. The soh001 at this egenoy has been conducted nnder the superinteudenoe of I. 8. Binford, a person thoroughly devoted to his dnties, and who has worked hard to keep the pupils in plaoe and for the general success of the enterprise. The enroll-ment of pupils hss beenmore than 80, while 10 of thia numberhave been transferred to the sohool at Grand Junction, Cola. The average attendance for the soh001 year has heen'57. This number has been soBoient to overorowd the school buildings and dormitories, whioh ha8 naturally tended toward laxity in discipline. An sdminiatr&tion building is now under oonstruotion, with apartments for soh001 employ&. When this is completed the dormitory~ec.oaornmo&tzonfo rpupils wrll haw been increased, and it ie hoped another year will bring about luge inerease of average sttendance and 8. better reoard far the a c h d generally. |
