The Arkansas advocate., 1834-11-28
Subsistence for the QIIAPAW INDIANS.

nROPOSALS h writing, and sealed, i, K will be received by the subscriber, uutiI ly o'clock .M., af Saturday the 6A dag Of December, 1854, for furnishing aud de- lliyerine to the Quapaw Indians at their location on the Grand river, l6 miles |, :, \. Y, ss s;ss al Sen @ Scrcy all the Rations (be the same more or less) ltbat shall be required fortheir subsistence, from the lst day of January, 1885, to the 18th day of October, 1885, inclusive. ! The Ration as above named, must con- 1 sist of one pound of fresh Beef, three fonrths of quart of Corn, and at the rate of four quarts of Salt to every one hundred Rations. The Beef. Corn, and Salt, com prising the Ration, must be of good quality l and delivered in good order. The quality, as we'll as the weight of the Beef, and the measure of the Corn and 1 Salt, will be inspected by an Agent of the government at the time of delivery; and that proposals may not be made under wrong impressions, it is here made known that the Corn and Salt must be delivered by measure, and at the rate of thirty-two quarts to the bnshel, dry measure.
 All risk ,sand every expense attending the delivery and distribution of the rations, must be borne by the Contractor. Issues of the meat part of the Ration may be varied from time to time, so as to make deliveries of one pound of fresh,' or l three fourths of pound of salted Pork or Bacon, instead of Beef and one pound of Wheat Flour, instead of Corn. So, also, may portion of the Meat part of the Ra- ton be delivered in Cattle and Hogs, upon estimates, on the hoof, provided such shall be acceptable to the Indians; but in no case must such changes of issues increase the cost of tho Ration as above designated, and to which bidders are referred for cal cuating the price at which, they will fur nish the Ration for.
 The delivery ofCattle and Hogs, on foot, 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 corresponding thereto.
 Bonds, with two responsible signatures, as security, for the fulhlment of the con- tract, will be required. Payments for all deliveries will be made at Little Rock, A. T., and quarter yearly, if desired by the contractor retaining 10 per cent. on such advances until the contract is fulfill led.
 The privilege of rejecting bids deemed high, is reserved.
 No contract or bid can be transferred without the consent of the undersigned, or such other persons as shall be authori- zed to open the bids and make the con- tract.
 Persons making bids, will please write on the envelop of their communications the words q Proposals 10 farnish Qnapatc Ra,ions,n and will attend at Little Rock, X. T., on the last day of receiving bids, for the purpose of closing tho contract
 l. BROWN, Capt. U. s. 4
 Prinl Disb'g .agl, Tnd. Rem't.
 E,ITrs RRoeN, IT, 3o-sw.
 Memoranda.
 Tine number of Quapaws to ho fod, wifi not vary much from two hundred. They are located about one hundred miles north from Fort Gihson, and within twenty miles of tho north-western settlements of Washington county, \. T., and abont the same distance from the south western set