The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-26
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUPPLIES
IN MINNESOTA FOR 1855.
ora SUPERINTENDENT
Saint paul. 1855


Saint Paul, 1855.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this Of
= flee nntil - NJ of the 10th April 1855, for furnish
ing and delivering the following provisions for 1855, to
wit:
TREATIES OF 1851.
For the WapetOan and session Sioux
supcrfine lour the amount of 81 500
Mess pork to the amount of | 500
Hogs lard in kegs to the amount of 500
White shelIed corn in sacks to The amount Of 900
Gunpowder, +. +. G., to the amount OF 800
Lead in bars TO the amount of loo
Tobacco to the amount of 100
For the Medewak antoan Wapekuter Sioux
Superfine flour TO the amount of 81 500
Mess pork TO the amount Ofs ! 500
Hogs lard in kegs to The amount OF 500
White shelled corn in sacks To the amount OF 900
GunpOwder, +. +. c., to the amount OF 300
Lead in bars to the amount of 100
Tobacco TO the amount of 100
TREATY OF 1887.
For furnishing the tribe Of Dacota Sioux Indians
Superfine flour to the amount of So 500
Mess pork TO the amount Of | 900
Hogs lard in kegs to the amount OF ] 900
White sheilcd corn in sacks to the amount OF coo
For the WinnebagOes-
Superline flour to the amount of 81 600
Mess pork to the amount of coo
Hogs lard in kegs to the amount of 2 900
For the Chippewa
superllne flour TO the amount of So 900
Mess pork TO the amount of l SEQ
White sfelled corn in sacks to the amount of 500
Tobacco, small pkgs in bAs to the amount of 500
The supplies for the above Sioux tribes Of Indians to
he delivered in Saint Paul, before the 25ih May
next, to the Agent of said tribes persons
ihorixed by said Agent to receive them.
The supplies for the WnnebagO and Chippewa tribes
of Indians in the manner the above, on or be-
fore the 25th of May next.
Separate bids will be received for each article speci
fled above, for each separate tribe for the whole.
Samples of the tobacco Will be required.
The provisions will be subject to inspection at the
place of delivery by DISTINGUISHED persons, selected by
the Agent of the tribe to whom the supplies furnish
cd, and the contractor contractors
Good security will be required for the performance of
the be entered into, and bidders will name
in their proposals the persons they will offer
and the surees of each bidder shall sign and trans
init with each bid guarantee in this form
" The undersigned undertake that if the bid of -
- for Indian supplies be accepted by the Superin-
tendent Of Indian Affairs, bidder shall before
the 18th of April next enter into the bond required
perform said contract, at the rate OF his or their bids,
with good and sufficient sureties.'
Should the bids lie deemed Onably high, the SUI
perintenden reserves the right TO set them aside.
Bids must be endorsed, proposals for Indian sup
plies in Minnesota" and addressed TO the Superinend
of Indian Affairs at Saint Paul, Minnesota. If
the opinion of the Superintendent anything should &C
induce the belief that there has been anything
unfair in the competition he the right to set
the whole of the bids ase and report the facts TO the
Indian Department at Washington
w. A. GORMAN,
Governor & Superintendent Indian Affairs
SAINT Paul. March 8, 1855. MarSdSw
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