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Show I'.lliliUi ll THE M He Favors Their Removal to Utah on tha Grounds That tat Members of the Tribe Are "THRIFTY, TEMPERATE, PURE," And Capable of Becoming "Highly Civ-iliied" Civ-iliied" The Report in Detail. Washington, 1. ('., May 7. Spee-ial Spee-ial to pernor Hei'ulilican. (ieorge W. Parker the special agent nf the Indian department, who w as seal to Colorado by General Morgan, has arranged Ins report in reply to Ihe instructions recently re-cently sent to him by the comniis. sinner. This report has been aw ailed belli with lunch interest by Ihe foiling Coloradoaiis working for the I'te bill, because it. was expected to partially re- tiil the basis for the future policy of the Indian department in regard to tho southern I'ti's. The letter is dated lg-nacio, lg-nacio, Colorado, I'te agency, April $ and begins as follows. "In comp'yiug with instructions 1 have the honor to state that I have visited all of the Moaches and Capoles who haxc any improvement, and made my investigation us thorough and complete com-plete us possible for me to do. "I am reporting upon the progress made by imli idual Indians according to instructions. Ti'.o-o two bauds are the only Indians that have made imv improvements in cultivating Ihe soil, except two Igmicio and icobis of the Wiiiieiiiuuehes. The greater portion of this band live on the extreme western boundary of Ihe reservation, and it would be nearly impossiblo for me to reach this locality at the presrnt lime owing to the condition of the streams ami scarcity of forage, but I think I can give you ipiite a correct report of their a.ftitititinn I'l-itlll llliiil llfMul 1111,11 1111,1 chief and some others of this tribe, who have met me in council." Parker then deserilies in detail the property owned by the individual Indians In-dians of the tribe, shows just how many acres of grain each Indian has planted, tho fences, horses sheep and evervlhing of value, Tho exhibit is as complete as could bo made by tin experienced census taker. At tho close ot this cuiimera lion, Parker savs: "Hav ing replied to inquiries one mid three and before answering inquiry two in regard lo tho amoiintof stock on the reservation, I will reply to questions four and five. "The more closely I am brought into contact with and tin longer I am among these people, the more 1 discover many commendable trails of character and attributes that might, vv Ith propriety, be imitated in many Instances liylbe whites. That they have been sadly neglected hv the government is apparent. appar-ent. Whv. U unaccountable. "I consider tho IHosas very much superior su-perior to many tribes of Indians that I have lieen called to visit, and the fact that there is only one mixed blood amongst them is' evidence that their couiilf nances ami general deportment does not bolio their reputation, that with thciii virtue is tho rule and not the exception. Living on tho border, exposed ex-posed to many vices, especially lutein-porance, lutein-porance, they hold themselves aloof from the contaminating influences, and I have never seen In n single Instance In-stance any evidence of dissipation. Ignacio, chief ol tho least civilized of these bauds, tho Wlinemiinches, Is a strict teetotaler, in order that bis people peo-ple may have the benefit of bisexamplo. 1 am satisfied that if these people had been supplied with suitable school no-comiilodatious no-comiilodatious on this reservation they would have readily embraced them ami made good use of their opportunities, and they claim that when they are permanently settled they waul good school buildings and good instructors. "As lo how they spend their time, I have never found any of them w hen the weather w as so that they could be out, silting around their hoiise, or the tepee, but always at work in I heir liebls or altendllig to (heir herds. The latter seems to be their favorite pursuit, and one reason they assign to mo for having the terms of their treaty complied with and thou be allowed to move to Ihe Utah reservation, reser-vation, is that tho pursuit can bo followed fol-lowed so much more advantageously there; iif fact most of those who have large herds of horses ami sheep lake them out west (even from hero ami euat of here) In winter, and tin; fact that there is more or less mow covering the ? round, causes their stock to appear as find it now, in very poor, ami much of it iu dying condition. "Question What are Ihe prospect as regards civilization, anil ability to get on w ithout tioveriimeiit aid in the near future where they now are?" "I would say. not good, for one of tho reasons just assigned, and another, tliev are annoyed too much by their white neighbors' stock on the liorder, w hich cannot le kept off. but destroys their grazing and breaks into their fields ami keeps up a constant agitation. The Indians around here claim that thev have not as much slock as they had a few vears airo, much having died and been stolen. This is quite a good reservation for farming purpose., the lands along Ihe streams being rich and easily irrigated, but the luca or table lands, while very rich, can only lie irrigated ir-rigated at great evpeuc. The amount of stock presented seems to me to bo unusually large, but it h.u la-en reported re-ported liy the individual ow ners in the presence of Ihe three chief, agent and agency employe, and the agency farm- cis say, as far' a their knowledge k'm-s of (Inamounts, they are correct. It is impossible to locale the Indians further than I have, as those not fanning arc continually following their herds, continually con-tinually moving." |