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Show BEPORT OF AGENT IN UTAB. the children would sicken and die. Their superatition has been increilsed during the past year, occasioned by three deaths in the ~chool. It is hoped that after the eacitement incident to ~r~l los i t ionfoar ownine this rtservatiun is over m~nn*m .11 he found to induce attehdince and maki the &hool nrosnerou;. Ktiesion work.-The Episcopal missionaricn located uinon'g the Uucompahgres near tho Ouray boarding scl~ool have been very snccwsful in thew work. They are wrll liked hv the 1ndians.amone whom the two "eo~oc~l w omen are ronsrantlv visit- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - - ~ ing from family to famili, instriiotinz the 8&aws and children in wavs of Eleauli-n& aud I rn~.t;caI ChrlsiiAnity in horiie co~rditiona. The srrviccs hold Sundays in the pretty and well-e luilq~aJv hapcl are r:oll attot~dcd,andsppeatro hewell sppre. cintctl 1.v nlnnv uf tho oltlvr Indi a~~sT. he Sllnd~av~ s"c hool has nrovnn n ~rrnnlla nt- ~ ~ ~ ~ =- - . -- .~ .-. cess. he Re;. Mr. Vest and the two ladies associated with him in this work well deserve nlentiun of tho results of their faithful scruico amoug ~IIRBL. Indians. Habitanons.-Tholarger portion of theye lndinnr live in tepecs o r rude strucrnrey made of lrlrrs and earth orovided bv thnnsclvcr. O- -n- each rcnervatiou rhirrv cnorl. ~~~~ ~~~~~- ~~~ " ----, substantiar log houses,-after vattirn filed with the Deoartment. have been con-ntrnctrd hg ~f e u c yr ~ # ~ p l o ) ~ r t ~lorc, a~taedl l upon tho fi~rinsh eretofore r e f~r r edto . Thcs? hou.le.4 am all ,,rcnpie~lb y pro&~ed.4iv0I n t l i ~ ~fso.r whom they were p r e vidccl. and who am faat xettine into comfortable wavs of lioine. T-h -e se -1-n d.i ;.t-n a. make good use of all roui?h f d t u r e that can he fabgicated forthem. and exhibit real attachment for tlleiiuen bbmcs. On each resnrvstio~t lu-a hilvd bcctl pnt ill wdllr for ten more houses, and it h ht,pecl that authority \v~Il he granted for expenditorb of f n u d ~tr, cunrpletc thoir C. ,UA~TUI .~LOIII, ~foreth e ncxt mttter. Allotmsnts.-So allotment^ in severalty h ~ v bee en made to there Indians. Thme thr~th ,~veb ean provided \r.ltb homes in tlro past four years hare loren locured upon allbhuent allowancesof land.fenred iluansorsevad ~ertionlines.soth nr wit-h rhrm the matter of allotment in severalty'will be &silv aocomnlished. B V the act of J u n e !a, 1397, the Secretary of the hrinriur is di r r c t t~~tol locite the Vucompahgrcs by allotmtut, and after A[.ril 1,1814, to uyru fur tntry under the land laws uf the United Statey all ;~erlculturalI H U ~0B1 the ZI I IC~U~ ~UUI IRL'cT9I~~ r rwriont hat hnse ~~~ not been allotted to k i d Indians. This act is the r6aulx of four years' discussion in C<.n,~css,o riginatn~gth n.ugh tho schcmcs of parties neeking f ios~e~s iofn the vi~l i~al~l*asphi~litlnc~m,b ,it* fin~utln pou tho rcservntio~.. I t is rrgrettcd by ,111 inlere4lnd in the wclf:lre of tl!e..n lndiaua thxt this result wllii reached without ma k ~ n gpr oris1or1.i fur 1c.cating these InJiards upon holue<reado.a8 promised ill tho trr:lty ur:ldo a i t h t h cmi n l ? ~ ( ~ . a nitd i s hoprd that tl~cmattcrwillbereeunaidered hv Cwn~Teni seo;lrrbtr.~l from the interedt~ of the rich asohalrum sllnrks. sh<,xs sihemei have b'rouzht nothing good to themselves and oniv f m t i d 1n unrest and au-uldhf, r tllcta nr~tclrt.dlyp oZr,loug-~.eglwted,legklw ii;dj of the Uorcrnmcnr. \\'it11 a prollrr r.,g:~rdi~a>crt ing justly ol+erved,t haexecnti~xor f the.$<t rr.ferrcd t o \r.ltllin tile f iun ~rt~s~riL1w'1l1ll bo iduml aditEcult nndertak~rlu. Therr isu!rlv a small amount of &ricultural land within the limits of the ~ n c E m ~ a h~aees e g - ration. l n a h up f r i u widrly n<.:ttterrd yawblu, :lnd nut enough tofu6inh allot-ment allowances 10 one-fonrrh of the Jndiilns tube snppli~,.l. It issupposed there d l no t be mnclt difticulty in negotiating with 1 n d i . 1o~f~ th eVinrah Rcaervation for lands noon which to settle the Uu r omp a h~~ehsu. t 11 should not ],rove sur-pridug rf tho Ci~rtal~RerervatioInn d3:rns lrltad that theCtovernment reaprrt tllcir era1 r~e l t tto baconsultrd lu thi.; m8ttrrr. nnd not ?stablie11 n orrcrdcat of arbi- A ~~~ ~~ ~ t&rilr ;iohtinp. justice and equity in disdosina of their leial Dossessions, I t i i t run, us i3icrre8l in nllbitan?e bcloko Cgngr~asb y dn ailvo<:atzf .,r opening the lJxrcompahgre Ilr.rrrnti,,n, Inen o~nI,,. fonlnd tll.ar wvnld mixko allotrnonti to the Indiana bv rlo>rt-bslld r,r n.e.is. but it is not h~licrpd tl.at (:(,I~LT~+ intended or that the Sdcretary of the Interior will permit the wickedness of alotting lands on paper only to be practiced in the execution of the law. Claims.-From official information received from the Department of Justice it aouears that more than six hundl.eddeuredationclaims. amounting to more than a uir'llnn d<rllaru, have keen illrd ;lgditlat' tlro i'te hr l l i :~us~thne Un~tedSrutt~s(!ot~rt of (:lnims.nntl the snits ilrstic:tted in nuvh mnnner as to ho!d either of the uu~lfed-eratcd lmnd* ruanullv reitlou4ble for tlte alleuad deuredat~<,ne. It ha* also been learned that t6e nu"mbe; of law officers nro3ded b? the Government to defend Indian dei.redntion t - l s~sis insuacient f o r a thornugh digchargeof this duty. Thcrcfore, netill< ul t t r the eaarnplcof other trilrcs, thc So u t h r r n i~t ros f Colorado htr,!uuite<l with tlro lincomnnherrs. L'intahr.und WhitcRiversof Urah.and wnh the aouroval of the honorabie ~ k r e t a r yof the Interior, have contracted with Mr. Ki !)itiham, of I,ittlt, Itork. Ark., 10 nrk rrs their itttr,rn?y in dzf~~nasgn: tin*t tl,t.se clauu;. \I=. \ , ldh.~mi,l l tlio intere<t of these C3RPi . is 1 1 0 i~n lltnh seekiug rehup tinu t.sri#rbon\,. it!!,l Ibar P ~ C C I I ~ I T vi5itcJ thcbv ln~liilnsatr lteir uxencies. \\'ithot~t do<bt nearly if not all of thosiclaims are fraudulent; still it Kas been necessary |