Show aw CONDITION OF THE RED MAN the reports of indian agents sent to washington are favorable washington nov 22 the commis commissioner of indian affairs has received a number of annual reports from indian agents the majority of them in indicate licate general prosperity among the tribes and a gradual advancement in civilization se several veral of the agents comment on the indifference of indians to the marriage ties I 1 and unwillingness to abandon their old customs the agent of the colville agency in washington believes the efforts to civilize the red men are not successful and says by intermarriage ri ageana and a heavy death rate the indian d all is is doomed to extinction in a few generations at the uintah and ouray reservations in utah the use of grazing lands by the white men is creating considerable sid erable dissatisfaction the work of the tile courts of indian offenses is generally re recommended and tho the efficiency of the indian police praised A attention tt enton is to paid to agriculture and stock raising most of the 0 agencies arp reported to iz be growing each year |