The Arkansas advocate., 1832-10-03
PROPOSAL

1 EN writing and sealed, will be received l A until MONDAY, the Sth day of Oc- tober next, 6 o'clock, P. NJ. ] for furnish l ing and delivering to the enigrating CHoc- TAw INDIANS, COMPLETE NATIONS, togeticr with FORA E for teams, whilst 1 travelling to their new country, upon the following routes, west of the Mississippi, to wit:
 From Memphis Tennessee, via Strong's. to Mouth Of Cache or White river, |. T. From Helena, .f. to Mouth of Cache or White river, A. T.
 From Mouth of Cache, via Mrs. Blacks. Erwin's settlement and Greathouses, 10 Cadron creek, A. T.
 From Gadron creek, by way of tine iiii- itary road, to Fort Smith, A. r.
 From Post of Arkansas, 4. r. via Mrs Blacks and Samson Gray's, to Little Rock, \. v.
 From Little Rock, via Barkman's, to Washington, Hampstead c. H., A. T.
 From Washington to the new Choctaw country, near Fort fowson.
 The number ofChoctaws to be subsisted upon the foregoing routes, together with the places upon the routes for depositing the necessary supplies, and also the time when the deliveries will he required, will l be made known to the contractor as aceu l FdtEly as circumstances WilI permit. by the 20th ef next month.
 The Ration will consist of one and ona- fourth pounds of fresh Beef and of three fourths of quart of Corn to each person. and at the rate of four quarts of Salt for every one hundred persons. The proyis- ions comprising the Ration must be ofgood quality and delivered n good order. T The contractors -to be al every expense :, attending the delivery and distribution ol the provisions, and the issues to be made under the inspection and direction Of an Agent having charge of the Indians. The component parts of the Ration, as a beye stated, may be varied in the issues. from time to time, as to make deliye- ries of one and one-fourth pounds of fresh. or three-faurths of pound of salted Pork instead of Beef, and one pound of wheat 1 Flour, instead of Corn.
 Bonds will be required for the faithful fllflment of contracts. and persons ma king Lids are requested 10 accompany them with satisfactory references as to 1 their capacities 10 furnish.
 The privilege of rejecting bids deemed l high is reserved.
 Bidders will please address their com munications as follows
 Proposals to furnish Rations.
 To the Principal Disbursing sgent.
 Indian Removal,
 Little Rock, A. r. '7ss3nd will attend at this place on the 9tlI of October, at 10 o'clock, 4. NJ. for the purpose of closing the contracts JNO. T FULTON, s4ssistaat .4gemt
 Ctoct@ao Rema0at.
 Little Rock, \ T. Sept. 25th, ls32.
 P. S.-Fhe information which has been received al tbis office from east tsoft the Alis. sissippi, computes the mher 0 emigrants which will enter t..e Territory, via Mea- l phis or Helena, to he twenty five hundred About three thousand, it is supposed will entervia the Post of Arkansas, and there are between three and five thousand, in | addition to the above number, which ii is not as yet ascertained at what point they will enter. It is more than probable 1t will be by one or other of tie above speci- fled rontes. Fhe-calcniation at present IS. that the Indians will reaehthe Mississippi by the first of October next. T2w