The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-03-08


Saint Paul, 1855. 5
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at this of
- flee until IL NJ. of the 10th April 1856 for furnish
Ing and delivering the following provisions for 1885,
wit:
TREATIES OF 1851
For the Wapetoan and Session Sioux
Superfne -four to the amount of 81 500
Mess pork to the amount of 500
Hogs lard in kegs to the amount of 500
White shelled corn in sacks to The amount of 900
Ghnpowder, +. +. g., to the amount OF 300
Lead in bars to the amount Of 100
Tobacco to the amount Of 100
For the Medewak sntoan Wapekuter Sioux
Superfine flour to the amount of 81 500
Mess pork to the amount of 500
Hogs lard in kegs to the amount Of 500
White shelled corn in sacks to the amount of 900
Gunpowder, F:F c., to the amount of 800
Lead in bars to the amount of ~ 100
Tobacco to the amount of 100
TREATY OF 1889.
For furnishing the tribe of Dacota or Sioux Indians
Superfne flour to the amount of So 500
Mess pork to the amount of l 600
Hogs lard in kegs TO the amount of 900
White shecd corn in sacks to the amount Of 900
For the Winnebagoes-
superfne flour to the amount of 81 900
Mess pork to the amount of 900
Hogs lard in kegs to the amount Of 600
For the Chippewas- -
superfine flour 10 the amount of 81 600
Mess pork to the amount of l 500
White shelled corn in sacks TO the amount of 500
Tobacco, small pkgs in bxs, to the amount of 500
The supplies for the above Sioux tribes of Indians TO
IL
next to the Agent of said tribes persons au
thOrxed by said Agent to receive them
The supplies for the Wnnebago and Chippewa tribes
of Indians in the manner the above, or be-
fore the 25lh 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 inspection at the
place of delivery by persons selected by
the Agent of the tribe to whom the supplies furnish
ed, and the contractor contractors
Good security will be required for the performance of
the contracts to be entered into, aud bidders will
in their proposals the persons they will offer
ties, 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-
endent of Indian Affairs, the bidder shall on or before
the 18th of April next, enter into the bond required to
perform said contract at the rate of his their bids
with good and sufficient surees."
Should the bids be deemed unreasonxbiy high, the SUI
perintendent reserves the right to set them aside.
Bids must be endorsed, proposals for Indian sup
plies in Minnesota and addressed to the Supernend-
ent of Indian Affairs Saint Paul, Minnesota. Fin
the opinion of the Superintendent any thing should &C.
to induce the belief that there has been anything
unfair in the compe tOn, he the right to set
the whole of the bids aside and report the facts to the
Indian Department at Washington.
W. A. GORMAN,
f Governor & Superintendent Indian Affairs
Saint Paul, March 6, 1855. Mar8d&wlm
(Galena Jeffersonan st. Paul Times, st. Peters Cou
rer, and Dubuque Herald copy daily and weekly one
month. and send bills to SUPERINTENDENT