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Show REPORTS CONCERNING INDIANS IX UTAH. 367 titute, hut a few of them are employed as herders at a fair salary, which is some help to all. Industrially, therefore, ail are gaining somewhat, and the desire for a better way of living is growing among ail the hands. The chii-dren's month at home in the summer is a great stimulus to that desire. Four of our boys have been appointed as forest guards, and another, just from Carlisle, where he has been five years, closely following two years at Grand Junction, is now acting as farmer at the school. He is doing fine work, as, indeed, I believe they all are, and we rejoice that they can go right to work when they complete their time of preparation. Lama B. WOBK, Superintendent and Bpeclal Disbursit~g Agent. BEPOBT OF FIELD MAPEON AMONG SHIVWITS AND PAIUTE. SHBM, UTAH, August 15, 100L Great advancement has been mnde during this past year In the ways of civilisation of Our Indians along many lines. Our women are becornlng better housekeepers and better cooks. The one Line most marked, tho, Is sewing. Our sewing mnehlne has been a bless- Lug, it lm~roved the appearance of children snd women wonder full^. We combined sewing el888 and mothers meeting. At these meetings many quilts have been mnde an well as "nrments, and the training of ehlidren has been dwelt upon and dlfleuities enehun-tered inmhhousekeeping. The singing classes for young men and children whleh have been held all sear have been a benefit. It does us good to hear the songs sung all over the reservation; this has, 8.180, been a great inspiration to our c,wn services. Oar Indian men have completed a large pasture fenee whleh lneloses a pasture of 8 square mil86 of the best grassy land lo the surrounding country. Their erops are not so goad thls year ss the great Uoods prevented putting in seed uotll Late; then the rains came beating the ground so hard that mlleh of the seed sown waa not able to push thru the iroond. hey became ver ~nueh discouraged when between 3 and 4 acres of their best land was washt away in tte fioods, together with most of thelr best fruit trees. One blacksmith shop has been eompleted and furnished and n small salary paid. This has been a beneflt, also. to OUP Indians. Raising of funds for the new building for church services has been completed, and we hope to have the building dedicated this Pall. lhere has been less sickness during the last year and fewer deaths than ainee we came three Years ago. The Indians attribute this to their becoming Christians and "washing all over "-grown folks twice a week and babies every morning. We held an Indian camp meeting in July, where our Indians met surrounding tribes or representatives of the same. About 200 Indians were present. Pour miuiste1.a <of the Utah presb tery were pfesent to help conduct the serTieea also 10 mlsslon workers and BehoOl empfoyees. Yervlees were held three times a day' and all felt it was a great sueeese. The bops and girls are now home for their vacation from phe Pangultch school. We See such B change In them from year to year and they are domg thelr best now to help UB in every way. We hope that thls next wlli brlng greeter results than the one just past. SaDrrr Mc. Fos~ma, FCeld Xutron. aEPORT OF AGENT FOR UINTA AND OWAY AGENCY. WHITEEOCKS, UTAH, AUguEt 21, 1906. The agency proper islocated in Uiata County, on a reserve comprising approximately 2,4W acres, between the Uinta and Whiterocks rivers, at a point some 14 miles in a northwesterly direction from the milits? post of Fort Duehesue. The subagency is located at Ouray, Uinta County, Utah, at a dis-tance of 34 miles from the agency proper, at the junction of the Duchesne and Green rivers. There are now under charge of the agency about 1.260 Indians, all of whom have been allotted land, mostly in the vieinin of and contisuous to the several of these allotments and the ngency he& considerable. The agency has super-vision over the affairs of the Uinta, White River. and Uncampahgre Ute, the Uinta and White River hein: located in the vicinity of the ngency proper at Whiterocks, and the Uncompahgre along the lover Duchesne River and in the section along White River and its smaller tributaries. During the greater part of the fiscal year which has just expired these In-dians have experienced many changes incident to the allotment of land in sev-eralty and the subsequent opening to settlement of the reservation. In their |