Show POOR lO IS VERY LAZY Utes Are Generally NonPro gressive Says Inspector ARE OPPOSED TO SCHOOLS Will Neither Advance in Civilization or SelfSupport Until the Ration System I Abolished and They Are Forced t Earn Their Ow Living b Their Own iLabor Lands Should Be Surveyed and Subdivided and Also Be Allotted Grass Money Gives Them on Annuity Te a Aut I TS r TRIBUNE BUREAU T 1 IT i 1606 K Street Washington street Feb 2 1002 5 In the last Indian appropriation bill was contained a provision directing the Secretary of the Interior to inves tlgato and report on the condition oC certain Indian reservations among which were the TJintah and Ouray reservations res-ervations in Utah The inspector having hav-ing this matter in charge has made his report which is quite full and extensive ex-tensive He has the following t say concerning the Ulntah THE UINTAH RESERVE This reservation Is occupied by the Ulntah and White river Utes who own I The Uncompahgre Utes have aright a-right by an agreement to take allotments allot-ments on this reservation providing they pay for the same These Indians lease about 100000 acres for which they get about 20000 grass money paid semiannually This grass money with some Interest money gives them an annuity of about SIO per capita There are only about H2 Indian houses most of these were built by the Government Gov-ernment The have much more land under irrigation than they cultivate they are generally nonprogressive lazy opposed to schools and will never advance either in civilization or self support until the ration system Is abolished and they are forced to earn a living by their own labor These lands should be surveyed and subdivided and also be allotted The Indians will not take allotments or dispose of any surplus land so long as they can draw money from grass and other leases and Government rations There Is a mining lease with the Raven Mining company to work minerals on a royalty S far the Indiana have gotten nothing out of the contract There is abundance of coal gllsonlte elaterite asphaltum and mineral wax Copperanfl gold are also reported but none has ever been mined SHOSHONES AND ARAPAHOES The Inspector has the following report re-port to make on the Shoshone and Arapahoe reservations In Wyoming This reservation Is an excellent one The Shoshones are doing very well They require however an extension of their ditches which could be done for probably 512000 The elaborate system of irrigation as recommended by Mr Butler is not necessary All that is necessary now for these Indians In-dians is an improvement of the present pres-ent ditches as suggested The Arapa hoes located on the east end of the reservation have more land under irrigation ir-rigation than they can make use of The Shoshones arc Industrious and this year made good crops and are improving They continue however to draw rations which is a detriment to them The Arapahoes are not as prosperous pros-perous as they were ten years ago Their lands are excellent but badly managed What they need are good white farmers Instead of Indian farmers farm-ers who exercise no control over them They also draw rations which should be cut off They have leased several thousand acres of grazing land This money should all be put into cattle and sheep and not be paid to them Much of this land has been allotted some allotments are worthless and should be canceled and new ones given In their stead An allotting agent should be sent there for that purpose to go over the whole matter and rectify rec-tify mistakes As it is now the Indians In-dians are In a state of uncertainty and not inclined to permanently locate until un-til the allotment question is settled which they are anxious to have done RESERVATION 3N MONTANA Regarding the Flathead reservation In Montana he states that the mixed bloods are In a prosperous condition having good farms comfortable homes and are fixed as well as any agricultural agricul-tural people in Montana The full bloods are not BO well off needing Irrigation Irri-gation and allotments The large cattle cat-tle interests oC intermarried whites and French mixed bloods together with the large land holdings of these same people who are all quite prosperous pros-perous Is the influence which has so far prevented the fullblood element from coming to any agreement to allot and dispose of their surplus The Port Peck reservation Montana contains nearly 2000000 acres with less than 2000 Indians There Is not much farming clone here and little irrigation These Indians have some cattle and It is excellent grazing country coun-try Indians arc not inclined to work but would rather lay around In their tepees and draw Government rations The Inspector states that the reservation reserva-tion is too large and that at least 1 000000 acres of It should bo disposed of and the money given to them to increase In-crease their herds of cattle |