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Show 292 REPORT OF AGENCY IN UTAH. vivrllrrrrqocol~ldn ot exiiir rnprhor: sl, whelm ririhmtlon mndu hi- ~rwsirtshloa lopror.eh, the I.uU'a!o rllrappa~red. Thc WII< irdtans~f the ylolu frdnt tlroa iu~!t,arnnrlal baa kn.,Wu uf no mrdl..oi sul,~~obrurr the kutaalo., if left ru hlmrelr, wlrh r?ed~re~(~~nl .sn,r.euco fo uffal ,. 11" n'il <lirep~'.x.r Bur a C'hrvsrlnn clviliar. i n , u l r h ~ ~ u ~crbm lrttnr wrh a few blghr tho %,step. ~ ~ ~ . i . ~ ttL~r .L~tifnfal~ .., t.l-l nld ,.of etaon Inv n8.l rea +~ t o ~ ! n l+~~urnlr ~rnn~rrirkr+l.~.~:.l.. r lhr rxron peallea. Now, although t.hese heathen prpctices are diametricall o posed to Christianity, the rever- -ence for reli ion inouloatsd therem hss doubtless been or aivmtage to ,the missionary in his work. ~ u&tere were other ideas and habits of thought among,the, lndlans which more than offset thisadvantape. The failure te connect moralit~w:th relieon yolle of these. Their gods werene~errepresenteda s being pure and.hol or as atmgmlqu~ty So the foulest mnrderer was snerally a w r y relig~ous,mm. ~e e l rngxkn eed of help, he called upon the gods, So i t was fhat ade t s at ass&~sm8t1onIR. TDB~sYed. u~t!on,a nd a!l jugglery were supposed to be in league wi te!ht oar and feamd aeoordingly. Hwh mmorailty was therefore looked upqn ?s a. matter of small lmportanoe. And thls was one of the serlous obstacles not only to the mlss~on- &I.Y ilnt &]SO to tho80 seeking them c~vlhratlon. We are happ ta note some Improvement in this. line but much mom needs to bs done. ~t remains and wlgi remain for years sn objsot of specid e'ffort gar all Indian workers-the sohool-teachers. the missionaries, and all manner of BBCUIsRu~p enntendants, to establish them m honesty and pure morality, wlthout which all Other instruction will fail of suocess. The statistics of the Presbyteri&n Mission are: Male missionari 1 Female mission 1 4 4 2 ......................................... 848 Comm,mica"ts added this year ..................................................... 26 Commlmivruts died this year ...................................................... 20 Marriages' .......................................................................... 8 Contributionsreosised fromtllehoardof misnions ............................... $1 5W Contributions eiven bv the Indians ................................................ $ 1 : ~ YoUrS,re~pectfully. JOAN P. WI&IrIAM80N. dlissionary of the Presbvtermn Church. J. W. HARDIRC, United stater Indian Agent. REPORT OF AGENCY IN UTAH. REPORT OF UINTAH AND OURAY AGENCY. UINTAE AND OURAY AGENCY, Whitwocks, Utalt, Augzhst 18, 1898. SIR: I have the honor to snbmit my first annual report of the Uintah and Ouray agencies, with census and statistics. I assumed charge of these agencies February 1.1898, relieving Capt. William H. Beck, Tenth Cavalry, who had been in charge since July 10, 1897. |