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Show REPORT OF UINTAH AND OURAY AGENCY. 619 with the improred grounds uponwhich they are located, present a very attractive annearance. On Suudavs the children with their teachers and em~lovees of ;entlt.ri IIHVZbe en r;ornerrhnr n,iirnin;d rl.roogh n7n'ngeljr lneilJtlrrs ntlcq,rid ic;r nnyprrssion of thrir nefurions work. 'Tlln Inrlian~r ;erm to llarr 1 eco~nas eniiLle o.f. t.h-e. l laru-r t~hcv- l~lac"r e ant.rirnv?d thronrth r h v drink h;al>it.a nd conluarecl \virll ~ ~ former rears there has 6een but~iervl k e d ruukenness&oua. - the'v-e on- le of either bind. Distrust and anxiety are ever present in the minds of the entire Indian popula-tion of this agency on account of reports that are received resarding the efforts that are made by politicians of Utah for the opening of these reservations for set-tlement by whites. Believing that this opening can not bemuehlonger deferred, the most important of all matters pertaining to affairs of this agency seems to be in the work of locating heads of families permanently upon suitable lands for homesteads, and soselecting the locations that the settlement of their perpetual rights in said lands can readily be arranged and erfected. Acknowledgments are due each and all of tle employees of the agency for faithful and efficient service rendered, and with due ap reciation of the uni-versally kind consideration and abundant support that has geen received from the Department at Washington, I reman, very respectfully, JAMES F. RANDLETT, Geutenant-Colonel U. S. A,, Acting United States Indian Agent. The COMMLSSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. |