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Show T)io Uintah Agency. Col. J. Crilehciow, Indian ;gcnt jit the Uintah Kewrvation, arrived in the city Thursday evening, having been ten days in making the trip owing to the frightful condition of the roads. The Colonel brings an excellent excel-lent report nt tho actions and condition condi-tion of his wards, who number at the present time between -100 and 000 Some o! tho Indians are engaging in agricultural puraiiils, ,l,ltl ro cultivating culti-vating fthouf, :i'H) acres of land. They have K) acres sealed to wheat, alwut iifiy acres planted with potatoes, and the balance in turnipsaml other vegetables. vege-tables. Thuland they are cultivating themselves, have done all. '-if l plowing, dug the necessary irrigation ditches, and seem bent on -athcrnig a bounteous harvest. The only assistance assist-ance rendered hy the whites is tokeep the farming implements in order. . Many of the noble reds arc also raising rais-ing cattle, some owning herds of Idly head and upwards. The Colonel says his Indiana gon-I gon-I crally confine tbomsclves to tho re-, re-, ovation, and arc desirous uf remain-! remain-! UJ at peace with other tribes and wilh the whites. Colonel C. ejects to crest a suitable building at the agency this Summer, and to cstabhs i a school lor the young aborigines and . hopes to intereit tham in the subject of education. Altogether Colonel Critchclow thinks his Indians arc a -1 better lot than arc usually seen, and there are more "good Indians j among thorn than are uiually found , iQat number of redskins above ground. |