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Show REPORT CONCERNING INDIANS IN COLORADO. 213 Thanking yon for past favors and the courteous treatment accorded my requests and recommendations, I have the honor to be, Very respectfnlly, your obedient servant, HARRY F. LISTON, Superintendent, Special District Agent. The COMMISSIONEORF INDIAANFF AIRS. REPORT OF MISSIONARY ON ROUND VALLEY RESERVATION. Covmo, CAI,., J-dv 25.1m. snn: I have tho honor to make thu l o l l l r v ln~lw porf ar misainnsry at tlbi* akw,ltcs: I took c:L~t.ceu?th d rnil,icln #,n tho lsrn UP larr 0crub.r.xntl i8c,rwlthrrnn~1nr:t lra mnny d b rotaraLquerrntur r l,arl, had a g o ~ c lu tt+%18d.~1h.(o.-.~h nr chlrr'l, and Snhl arh ,rltoul rhe molt :;w1 m-I w4:h whstL6rc intl~rc~~ro.oufr hulldlne hzrr.whl?.lr*nlr> a totxlwrrck. ~Ro r J inxV I:I.V llttlo ~O~ C I I IOfUr NU rain rrrnow w:ill no y<,,,il,lll:i~.u~ hiltavar.<~lfl rrtln \\.\-a rrjdice,i rvLn ~.l.tro re~orrh rt inl~r. . i l~n~ l~ u . n n h ~ r rx~tr.d. la~s. : ho i,rr,rsnt o u t 1 0 2P OP h ~ l ~ l , ~ iInI ~<I ~ I ~ O V S I I I R Oi sI ~g m l w., It( I ~ . - ~nOr~ ompiishy rldrer r l~wl idt il?.!.~t i e imrr ris~'al y",r. ,\,, thor ~ ~ s c o u I R L ' 1.1~1o~t w~ i.t~h ~is~ r ho irtdinr. lnxrriac~s till ysrncrlrati by tIlo*o p ~ o p l o srllnyenr law* rla,u.d In mner..al 11 : lllrst lhlr ,rserleo and al>rhurlrr2 1v1.11f lla ~ ~ . ? t lflot ~ l l i cFP B rh..xn We Imv ~ ~ ~ - - - #,f t \ . : ~ ~ n ~ x ~ t~ln.<.rSt*L~O!l>>. ~ ~~ ~~~~ RespeotPully subm~tted. Rev. LEU SoarmrNoEa. Misaimzay. The Coxmssros%a or INDIAN APFAIRS. (Through Harry F. Liston, superintendent.) REPORT CONCERNING INDIANS IN COLORADO. REPORT OF AGENT FOR SOUTHERN UTE AGENCY. SOUTHERN UTE AGENCY, Innacio. Colo... Aug- ust M. 1900. SIR: I have the honor to submit my annual report for the fiscal year 1900. ~ealth.-The general health of the entire tribe has been good, fewer deaths and less sickness occnrnng than for many years past. As the work of a physician is done by contract at both agencies, it often becomes necessary to send the more serious cases to the Marcy Hospital at Dnrango, where they may be under the daily supervision of a physician and hospital attendants. This entails cousider-able expense during the coarse of a year, andit would be more economical to have a resident physician at both the Ignaoio and Navajo Springs agencies. In comparison with other Indian tribes. I believe the Ute to be an exceptionally sturdy, healthy people, there being no disease of a tubercular or venereal natnre established among them; consequently sorofnln, sore eyes, and like afflictions are comparatively nnknown. ~arming.-It is gratifying to witness the improvement made by the Ute residing on the eastern end of the reservation since they were allotted. They are rapidly developing their allotments into fine farms, take an interest in such work, and derive considerable revenue therefrom. Their products find a rei~dym arket at home, and it is a question of completion of the irrigation system now under proc-ess of construction when the allotted'Ute will he self-snpporting. In this connection I would also state that 1 believe the Indiannatnrally adapted to stock raising, as many of the allotted Ute now own herds of cattle and sheep which they care for in a commendable manner. The present season is the dryest known in this part of Colorado formany years, with the result that the grazing is very poor and stock are not doing as well as usual. The drdught has not affected the crop so much on the ranches that have ditches, but the hay lands that are without water are almost barren. There has been no rninfnll in the months of June, July, and August of the present year. Irrigation.-During the year past what is known as the West Side ditch has been completed, thesame beinga large canal taken out of Pine River near the Ignacio subagency, and carrying water out on the high mesa lands that lie west of Pine River, conducting water to thousands of acres of fertile land. The Department has realized the importance of establishing these ditches at the earliest practicable date. thus securing forever the water rights for the Indians before all the water in all the streams is appropriated by the whites, who are rapidly settling on the varant lauds and taking out ditches. the result oi which will be in a short time a great scarcity of water in all the streams in this section that run through the |