The Arkansas advocate., 1834-08-15
Notice for Proposals to furnish
 INDIAN RATIONS.

kANE H. All IL | IOI Oho q AIASs HI " itlInR 0 and sealed, will be received by the un-. dersigned, until one o'clock, ?. M. of snon- day, Ihe 25sh dag of August, 1884, for fur nishing and delivering all Rations kmore or l Iess), that shall be required at the several issuing depots, in the New Choctaw conn., 1 try, aoest, from the ist day of October, 1854, to the 30th day of April, 1885, inclusive, and as follows, viz
 At the Depot at FORT T0WSON, near 1 Red river.
 Atthe depot on the MOUNTAIN FORK ef Little river, Al miles north east from Fort Towson.
 At the Depot at HORSE PRAIRIE, 10 miles west from Fort Towson.
 At the nepot at OLD MILLER CHI. 40 miles southeast from Fort Towson.
 At the Depot at the NEW CEOCTAW ] AGENCY, near the Arkansas river, % miles south-w estwardIy from Fort Smith.
 At the Depot at PHEASANT BLUFF, on the Arkansas, 35 miles above Fort Smith, and At the Depot at the CAYIN0LE, on the Porteau river, 40 miles south-w estwafdiy from Fort Smith.
 The Nations, as above named, must COR sist of one and one-quarter pounds of fresh Beet, three-fourths of quart of Corn, and at tue rate of foar quarts of Sdt 10 each one hundred Rations. The Beef. Corn and Salt, comprising the Ration, must De of good quality, and delivered in good order.
 Fen days notice prior to tine first deii- tRery at all the Depots will be given.
 The quality, as well as the weight of the Beef, and the measure ofthe Corn and Salt composing the Ration will be inspected by an Agent of Government, on delivery; and that Proposals may not he made under wrong impressions, it IS here made known, that the Corn and SaH must be delivered by measure, at the rate fthlrty two quarts i to the bushel, dry-measure. All risk and every expense attending the delivery and distrlbution of the Rations, must be borne by contractors.
 Issues of the meat part of the Ration may be varied from time to time, so as to make deliveries of one and one fourth pounds of{resh, or three fourths of pound Of salted Pork instead of Beef, so also may a portion of the meat part of the Ration be delivered in Cattle and Hogs, upon esti- mate, on the hoof, provided such shali be ] acceptable 10 the Indians but in no case must such changes of issue increase the cost of the Ration, as abeye designated, and to which bidders are referred for eai- eulating prices at which bidders are refer, red for calculating prices at which they will furnish the Ration for.
 The delivery of Cattle and Hogs, onfoot as above noted, may be made for one or two months at time, should the same be deemed expedient by the receiving Agent; so, also, may the other part of the Ration, Corn and Salt, be delivered for periods cor responding thereto.
 Bonds with two responsible signatures will be required for the fulfilment of con tracts; Payments for all furnishing under said contracts, will be made al Little Rock, A, T.
 The privilege of rejecting bids deemed 1 high Is reserved.
 l No contract or bid can be transferred without the consent of the und ersigned, or such other person az shall De anthorize cd to l apen and declare the bids and make the icontracts.
 Persons making bids not known to the subscribers, will accompany them with satisfactory recommend ations as to their I.capacity to furnish. They will be pleased to write on the envelope of their commu- nication, the words "Proposals to furnish Chootaw Rations,' and will attend at Lit tie Rock, A. T., on the last day of receiv. ing bids, (25th August for the purpose of closing contracts.
 J. BROWN, Capt. U. s. Army,
 Pr. Dis'g. Ag't. Ind. Rem'l.
 Washington, D. C., Jane 9th, 1884. 13-st
 P. s. Persons intending to bid for sup. plying rations under the above notice, are informed that the Beef part of the ration will consist of one pound of Fresh Beef instead of oneand quarterpound, as above Idesirnatad Tha uaIuo of tI.o .a4:... ...Il