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Show -7- thereon and that those allottees did not try to cultivate any land, as nothing could be raised on the allotments without irrigation, and that irrigation being impracticable, they subsisted chiefly by "minting and did not place their children in school, but kept, them with them roaming over the country enjoying their old time freedom. are I furthermore became fully satisfied that there/jiot nearly as many umcompshgre Indians as sho-.an by the agency census and that said census contains approximately loo more names of Indians than actually exist and that the ages given are at variance with the facts. I would therefore respectfully recommend that a new census of the uncompahgre"a be taken and if practicable that it be made by an inspector or special agt of the Department who should see every member enrolled and ascertain and determine, approximately at least, their correct ages. 1'his request was made by Charley Shavanaux,whom I regard the most intelligent and progressive Indian of the band,and who urgently appealed to me that a ner ana correct census be taken, he claiming that the number "of children of school going ages, ar; shown by the ago..,:;- census/pgreatly exceeded the actual number and that many of those shown or. the present cemsxi's as achool pupils were married men and women, as a great many of the yoi;ng men of the tribe under eighteen years old were married and some girls ever, as young as fourteen were married. The day following this council at the Ouray agency with the uncompahgre utes I held my general council with the Indians of both agencies at the Ouray school, the result of which I had the honor to report under date of the 14th inst., and on She 7th inst. I visited the White Rive-" settlement, east of Uintah agency, with very catisfactory results. Upon my reaching tare White River settlement I went direct to the house of Sowawick, head chief of the White Hiver utes, where I found |
