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Show 174 REPOBT OONCERNINQ INDIANS IN COLOEADO. REPORT CONCERNING INDlANS IN COLORADO. REPORT OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IN CHARGE OF SOUTHERN UTE AGENCY. SOOTEEBN UTE AQENCY, I&, Cola., September 20, 1904. SIB: I have the honor to submit this my annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30,1904. Health.-The general health of the Southern Ute Indians located at this agency has been exreptlonally good during the paat year. These Indians avail themselves of the services of the physician when sick; the ancient custom of the medicine man treating them is still practiced to a considerable extent, bllt it is gratifyin to know that there is but small patronage among the youn and mare intelligent ~n%iansa,n d in the course of a few years the medicine man wil? be a thing of the past. The phy-sician is employed by contract and reside6 at Bayfield, Colo., a distance of nine miles from the agency. A resident physician should be located here, since the establish-ment of the school, and I would respectfully recommend the same. Crime.-With the exception of an occasional drunk there has been but little trouble with the Indians the past year. One suicide occurred, the first one known among the Southern Utes. Imi@iw.-T?iere is a good system of irrigation at this eney, oovering the bot-tom or better class of farming lands adjacent to the rivers %at traverse the reserv* tion. The early part of the season was without rain and it was feared that the streams would run dry, and the prospects for one crop of hay were very discour-aging, but during the months of July and August there waa a greater amount of rain fell than in many seasons ~ a s tw, ith the result that there was ~. l e n.t vof water for all. and the prospee& for a Gop are excellent. The matter of adjudication of water rigbta on Pine River waa heard in the dietrict court. but a derision has not vet been rendered. ~ ~ ~, ~ ~~ <~~ ~~~- Stock.-The win&& an excellent one for&ck. There was a. lixht snowfall. but the range was gwd and stock running in the mountains were in God condition in the spriig. Buildiga.-The buildings at this agency are in a fair state of repair. The roof of the wagon and machine shed was bloan off during a recent windstorm and samewill be r ~ ~ # y iwr ~s, o9l.o8 n lumber rererrtlv ordered 6 rprri\.ed. Tltn br id~ro ver Pirrs River at this point ijalro in wry had conditioo, 1111 as soon aq thr river rrccde t~ni4iraw ill be made on the hridw. Two !,lore vottil-e cs aw ~reedcdt o m-.ee t the rebuirements of the employees. " Cenana.-The following table *en from the last cenws shows the present condi-tion of the Southern Ute tribe at this agenry: Allotted Utes.. ................................................. 403 Malesover18 ..................................................1 06 Females over 14 ................................................ 139 Children 6 to 16 ................................................ 114 School.-The enrollment the last aeasion was 70, of which 30 were 'rls and 40 boys. Sixty-seven of the total were full bloods and 3 half-breeds. The sgool was erected witha capacity of 50 upils, but 70 were accommodatedwithout much inconvenience. The classroom is un&r the supervision of two teachers, one in chargeof the rimary scholars and the other of the more advanced pn ils This was the Eon$ school year, but a great improvement was noticesble, tkx~ch ildren who upon entering sehool were unable to speak a word of English are now able to underatand and con-verse to a considerable extent with their teachers. The industrial branch of training wasvery sueeessful. Each dining-mom table h d its allotment of ground, and the pupils of that table were held responsible for the products of their tract of ground. In tbie manner moat of the vegetables wad were raised by the pupils themselves. The school buildings are in a good state of repair, being practically new. The fol-lowing additions are greatly needed. An employees' quarters consisting of a sewing room, mess kitchen and dining mom, a barn, poultry house, and a work shop for instruction of larger boys. Statistics are submitted herewith. Very respectfully, JOSEP0H. S MITE,L hpmmdent. The COMXIMIONoEaR I NDIAN AFXAIBB. |