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Show REPORT CONCERNING INDIAN8 IN 00LORADO. 203 Outside of a i<.w casesoi wh?opingrunplt in a lipl~ti< ,rur,a r lja\.r had l,nt uur r w of sickne.9, cnr vbild having lever. Two girl*, agd 13 and IS, relirrrd the inatrun in caring for the patient. Bm~1ovee.s.-The ern~lovees have been both loyd and efieient, and have at all rimrit~<end rcply inteh.9tr.d in the rel iaw oi the Ikliana t.i the reeervnrion alul the succes- oi r l l ? ?chool. 1 ierl ,lt,r?lg grateful to them ior ruch loyalty and intereit. aii wvll as w yunr I>irroral,lr utfice rur rltz many favum shown lace ilanng i,.y i~wuru-bency. Very respectfully, H A ~FY. L ISTON, S',~purir~Ie?~,l~&e%t,; a1 Dslrid Agent. The COMMI ~ S I ~0Ns IEN~D IAN AFWAIRS. REPORT OF XIS~IONARY ON ROUND VALLEY R~EI~VATION. COVELO. GAL., Auw8116, IBD1. DEAR SIR: I haye the honor and pleawre of submitting the following repmt for the Round Valley .. . . . ~ fumre. The matter of divorces it Causing oo?siderablo trouble, as many who would desire to be lawflllly married eha not do so, owing to a prerloUs marriage and to the fart that they llsve not rumient money to pm~ereB divo~ee. our church e ateadily e rowi ~ ~Ing r piritnnlity and in nnrnbem. very respectfully ubm~tted. ROY.I IBNS CHILLINGEWRil, ~%naw. The Goannssroh'Bn or INDIAN AFFAIRS. EEPORT CONCERNING INDIANS IN COLORADO. REPORT OF AGENT FOR SOUTHERN UTE AGENCY. S ~ ~ H EURTEN A GENC?., Ignacio, Cola., August 22, 1gOl. Sm: I have the honor to submit mv annual report for the fiscal year 1901: Health,--.\ r~liloli urm of ?n~.tll~.xnix~ adri te~t l>&;ram~~v(~<l t~iariiln a$ntdr !I~n~at )? of tlot, It~Jintmn .rw a ~ t a ~ k cI~~ lll ,ti n I .<, itortnnt.~t id* the ilisl.&?(. :t-~l<,!l~r - I I O U Kto~ c(,n-finr. I IW ~>ati.ntt o hin bvt1. nnd uaa soun >ta~ni,ru<ul t. 'Phe cln~rlan u.: 311vllF t h ~ allotted btea has been compamtivelv small. They resort to the azency physic& in ~l lot t&. This is d o u b t l e ~j u e to t h i poor water, food, and mode df living of these people, many of whom reside in eaves and dugouts reeking with filth and vermin. Allotted Utes, deaths 19, births.12; unallotted ,Utes, deaths 55, births 8. Fsrming.-The advancement in this line, whlle nohceable, was greatly retarded by the discontinuance of seed issue last spring, it having been customary in the past to iwm seed to Itidinn farmerr,a nd tlwy i u v < nrvcr r ~ ~ l i a t.l,llr nrrwsily uf iavih,: any for tlls. nuccrealing year, i n rundrquvnve of whirla nlan!. werr witlro~~\ vt l l r ~h~ \ sing t i u t~nt tte. 3Iort of th,,re wloo evn. ~l<%zituthr.u scvt.r. ntar~r.tlvtli rl mttinlr irr a small crop. The princiwl farm Drcducts are'hay, oats: and wheat, the firsrmen-tioncd bring gr.,!vil estv~~aivralgrk 1 is n~uqtlu0 1 ullalia ruricty. Two and t l~n rc,n r-tine arc mallc in a pews. All crop, fintl i rralg n.urkct .+t hon~e at ~ O M I p~ivt* nn$lt lrip fa(.t is 1l.e h e r indllrvnlrlrt to tit,. Llldidll~t o inrn~. The \.irld tlnr urewnt season has been fairly good, and will slightly exceed that of last year. No farming is done by the unallotted Utes, their land being destitute of water. 1rrigstian.-This is the most important matter pertaining to the advancement of these Indians. They own land that is fertile and productive when supplied with water, without which the greater part is worthless. The general character of the country is sagebrush mesas and valleys, mostly devoid of trees and grasses, but when X U ~in cultivation and under water cereals and graaees flourish. The Department aa realized the neceaaity of irripting the Indian lands at the earliest practicable date, and has pushed t h ~ws ork 1s the past two years, authorizing the construction of ditches nermary to secure permanent water rights, thereby estaolishing a priority |