Show 9 THE UTE INDIANS A end was put to the indian disturbance in colorado Colom doi the affair though short lived I 1 attracted the attention of the as to the aborigines involved in iti ik serves ser vesto to increase interest in their theirl tory habits and present con condition eastern utah there are two reservations and ap all agency in the uintah and ouray 0 arav the e tei te t embraced to io the litter latter extends extend 1 colorado the r reser enerva vatta wholly in wasatch county and abd 1 braces an extended tract tractor of coin co which is larkely largely composed y most beautiful fertile audd and babeo e lands in utah it was J about twenty seven beg ye and two tribes or branches of t white flyers and the ul ch live upon it the aln bahs 1 tractable and to some except gres sive tribe some of stiem thi m tt built houses after ad ter a fashion fash tona apa on encee ed in farms which they cul ca the g government has been quite ous cus in its treatment ot of t a way of supplying them with wit ag 09 ral implements any indian in wh ha give satisfactory assurance assa ranc would won desea use a plow alowa a wage lagona or other similar article been furnished fur nisho d with the e indian department has mad policy to purchase for use agency bay and grath grate raised r I 1 indians in preference tobay buy 9 where I 1 1 the white river r utes are to the in natural in lot elUf but they are not nearly sp good tootie pared being predisposed to sun f and treachery thud there are in go I 1 1100 indians on the W the white rivers i t somewhat in the minority than dian police wo who are the agent and each of whom u vided aided with a blue uniform P pan reservation the main maim duty t form is to keep off thelsa the af whites atod and there is bat biltl at anything like discipline sin there are some exbell excellent ent at mhd uintah agency t the h e gov government and 4 ejov enough to present quite a village aliw ance among them are aab resI residence debee the commissary m very large large frame structure 1 house aule blacksmith lack smith shop aca buildings building 9 etc therb afe are traders stores 1 aud and a TH ho houses ases 0 occupied by enact A jadv teacher is 16 em employed ohead r to conduct tife the scho school 1 an anasi 4 old or young may attend than two or three dozen pu ever are usually found I 1 in t a toom room A an immense quantity of the way of clothing bb blanke tents groceries etc etal s among the indi indiana no in joy each year and in J january money ave averaging ragin abduli u ftp id soney rs I 1 per capita capit al isaid I 1 id to is a lack of system by stem in thea th making the distri distribution agent being tieh himself in the matter t r E of clothes to one 0 a taij etc ac according cordin t to his many years afen fe n worn a hum bum dr artim adf contentment ho habs 1 among the me ladiana lad ians laug petty otty feuds a mong among them usually usual ly due dge to the ill nature of the white rivers about seven years ago the ouray agency was established it Is thirty 9 lire ie miles nearly dearly due east from the uintah agency agency and occupies the he structures t res t that at formerly or erly comprised compres ed fort it Is situated at the confluence of the greene and du chesne rivers but the character of the land surrounding it is poor with the exception of some meadow audrich and rich bottom lands along green Biver River quite limited in extent there ate are no lands around the ouray agency which the white man is likely to covet abolt 1800 uncompahgre utes live on this thia reservation they are inferior in natural in intelligence to either the Uin talis or white rivers elvers and though it ugly when irritated are less vindictive t tins the latter these are the indians that formerly made incursions I 1 into uto sanpete county and castle valley could not be settled with safety until they the iVere were gathered on the reservation abbot two years ago some of the un at ouray began to show a very refractory spirit which was largely owing to the unwise policy of some of the gov and it was thought troops stationed within fetch fort for t du chesne was therefore ked it is located on the uintah R river iv r about three miles from its M confluence with the du da chesne and about half way between the two agencies the whites in the neighborhood scout the idea of there being any danger of an outbreak by any of the indians of either reservation unless circumstances 1 should force a light fight upon them i |