The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-28
PROPOSALS FOR INDIAN SUPPLIES
IN MINNESOTA FOR 1855.

Minnesota SUPPLEMENTARY,
saint Paul, 1856 :
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this Of.
- flee until IL NJ. of the 10th April 1885, for furnish
ing and delivering the following provisions for 1856 to
wit:
For the Wapetoan and Session Sioux
Superfine flour to the amount of q 500
Mess pork to the amount of / 500
Hogs lard in kegs to the amount Of 500
White sheled corn in sacks to the amount of / 600
Gunpowder, r. F. G., to the amount OF 800
Lead IN bars to the amount of 100
Tobacco to the amount of LOO
For the Medewak antoan Wapekuter Sioux
Superfine flour to the amount of a 500
Mess pork to the amount of 500
Hogs lard in kegs to the amount Of 500
White sheled corn in sacks to the amount of 900
Cunpowder, F. F. G., 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
Superfne flour to the amount of q 500
Mess pork TO the amount of 900
Hogs lard in kegs TO the amount Of 600
White shellcd corn in sacks the amount of 600
For the Winnebagoes-
Superfne flour to the amount Of a 600
Mess pork to the amount Of 600
Hogs lard in kegs to the amount Of 1000
For the Chippewas-
superfne flour to the amount of o. ooo
Mess pork to the amount of 500
White sheled corn in sacks TO tho amounts Of 500
Tobacco, small pkgs in bxs, to the amount Of 500
The supplies for the above Sioux tribes of Indians to
be delivered in Saint Paul, before the 25,h May
next, TO the Agent of said tribes persons
thOrixed by said Agent to receive them
The supplies for the Winnebago and Chippewa tribes
OF Indians in the same the above, on 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 dsnteresed PERSONS selected by
the Agent OF the tribe to whom the supplies are furnish
ed, and the contractor contractors.
Good security will be required for the performance of
the contracts to be entered intO bidders will name
in their proposals the persons they will offer sure
ties and the surees of each bidder sign and trans
nit with each bid guarantee in this form:
1.-The undersigned undertake that if the bid o.
- for Indian supplies be accepted by the Superin-
tendent of Indian Affairs, dder shall on or before
the 18th of April next enter into the bond required to
with coed and sufficient sureties."
Should the bids be deemed unreasonaby high the Su
perintendent reserves the right to set them aside.
Bids must be endorsed, proposals for Indian sup.
plies in Minnesota, and addressed the Superntend-
ent OF Indian Affairs at Saint Paul, Minnesota iii
the opinion of the Superintendent nythng should oc
cur to induce the belief that there has been anything
unfair in the competition, he the right
the whole of the bids asde and report the facts the
Indian Department at Washington.
W. A. GORMAN,
Governor & Superintendent Indian Affairs
Saint Paul, March 6, 1855. Mar6d&wlm
(Gaena JefersOnian, ST. Paul Times, st. Peters Cou-
rier, and Dubuque Herald, copy daily and weekly
month, and send bills to Superintendent