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Show REPORT OF AGENCY IN UTAH. in connection with the schools at which other patients might he treated in addi-tion to the scholars. Owing to lack of intelligent nursing, diet, and care of the Indians among themselves, it is doubtful whether in serious cases the efforts of a competent physician meet with much moresnccess than those of the medicine man. The Uncompahgres having been semiperiodically stirred up during the last two yeair, on the questions of opening their renervation, I have not deemed it advisable to insist too strongly on the school question. I am of the opinion that when the allotments have been finally settled attendance can be materially increased at this school. The superintendents, teachers, and other employees at the schools have carefully and intelligently performed their duties, and I believe with good results. Mission work.-The Episcopal Church has for several years maintained a mission near the Ouray school, having a rectory and chapel on the reservation. The Rev. Mr. Vest was rector when I took charge of the agency. He and two disinterested and generous ladies devoted themselves to a difficult and laborious task and did much to dissipate the mi8t of superstition among the Indians and to teach them better ways. Mr. Hersey, the present pastor, ha3 only been in charge ashort time. I believe him to be particularly well adapted to this work, and that his strong common sense, energy, and tact can not fail to secure him an influence among his uncivilized parishoners potent for good. Allotments.-Two hnndred and thirty-two of the Uncompahgres have received allotments from the Uncompahgre Commiasion on lands purchased from Uintah and White River Utes by the commission of which Mr. B. F. Ebrge was chair-man. These allotments are accepted by the Indians in the spirit that it is the best they can do to save something for themselves. I believe they fully comprehend that the opening of their reservation is an accomplished fact, the ethics of which it is useless to discuss, and that the great majority of the Indians have accepted the situation. A number of the Uncompahgres, located along White River and Willow Creek, east of Qreeu River, desire their allotments in that vicinity. I consider it impor-tant that this shonld he done as early as practicable, and have been informed by the cammission that steps have been taken with that end in view. These Indians were the last to give in to the allotment idea. I personally visited them in their csmp on White River and believe that they are now anxious to get their allotments. In regard to the Uintah and White River Utes I will say that, while not regn-larly allotted, quite a number occupy farms, surveyed in accordance with section lines, of whicb I have a record. At least fifty more have asked for a survey and looation of farms, which will he done as soon as practicable, and records kept. Nearly all heads of families havesome sort of a location, which they hold, hut this needs to be systematized and properly recorded in order to save future work. Claims.-In 1880 the Unoompahgre, White River, and Southern Utes made a treaty by which, in consideration of oertain benefits, they ceded to the United States land amounting, I believe, to about 8,000,000 acres. One of the provisions .of this treaty was that the land shonld he subject to cash entry only, and that the proceeds therefrom, after reimbursin the United States for sums appropriated and set aside in the act for the beue8t of the Utes, and paying for lands which might heceded to the Utes by theUnitedStates outside of their reservation at $1.25 per acre, shonld be deposited to their credlt m the Treasury of the Umted States, the interest to be paid to the Utes annually with the rest of their annuity money. So far as I can ascertain there has never been any settlement of this claim nor any statenrent as to the amount of money collected for this land. It does not appear that the United States has ceded them any lands outside of their res-ervation. If it is considered that thelateUncompahgre Reservation was so ceded it has practically again been absorbed by the United States. I believe the Govern-ment has appropriated from this Colorado land a large timber reserve, for which, it seems to me, the Indians are justly entitled to ay 1 respectfully suggest that this matter be carefully investigated and a ful?settlement made with the Ute Indians to date, as these here are under the impression that the treaty has not been fairly carried out. It may be discovered upon an investigati9n that no hal-anoe is due the Utes, but I think it would he well to give them a statement. In this connection I will also refer to second section in the treaty of 1874, which guarantees to the Indianns interested the right to hunt on their old reservation "so long as the game lasts." The denial of this right to them now, in accordance with the game laws of Colorado, is felt by the Indians to be an injustice and aviolation of their treaty rights. I do not question the validity of the Colorado laws, but recommend that representation he made to Con ess, with the view to seonring the Indians some compennation for the lhes of t g i r right to hunt so distinctly guaranteed by the United States. |