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Show Secretary-4 the soldiers on them as the Agent had done, and it was obvious ttiat ' the one thing they fear is the soldiers, and especially the negro soldiers; that it seems clear this is the very thing which should be used; that he is not informed whether the law or the orders of the War Department would prevent soldiers being used on a reservation to, • enforce the ordinary laws and regulations of the Interior Department, && wall as be called on tc protect the life and property in emergencies. If it a-sould be dene the Supervisor thinks it wise to place a. detachment of soldiers under the orders of the Agent in case of the inefficiency of the Indian police; that this would bring all the children into school. If this is not practicable he thinks tha next best thing would be a series of practice marches from one'end Of the reservation to the other; that such practice marches -would'"be. considered "a demonstration in force," which will have a great moral effect on the Indians. He says a detachment of cavalry camping one night en the school grounds and arresting a ringleader effectually broke up u threatened riot at one of the schools, and the Supervisor is of opinion that this teaches a lesson in the management of these Indians, He says there was an epidemic of measles, resulting in one death, at the Uintah School, and the consequent breaking up of the same during the month of December; that the history of this trouble seems to be that the measles broke out both In the school and on the reservation; that the Indian parents demanded of the Agent permission to take their children heme, and this he properly refused. He also comments that last year he (the Supervisor) had a talk with these people, together with the Agent, in relation to this very matter, and at the |
