Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-03-23

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when these uuf"Tiunzie people are
pluudereI and .mrr>e'l np,n. as the
report ma.lc 10y Senator Nesmiih, of
Oregon. shows that they are, the
wonder is that they are so peaceful.
The Senator visited many tribes ia
Oregon, Washington aud Idaho per-
sonally, and thereof speaks from uc-
tnal knowledge. In the first place,
the annuiticS, instead of being paid on
a gold basis, rs they shoul! be, hav-
ing been established when gold was
at par, are paid in deprecated cur
rcncv ny which the Indians arc sub
jccted to severe loss. Next the goods
distributed are mostly worthless and
very different from the invoices. Mr..
Ncsmith remarks:
"From the personal inspection
which l have given those goods
and on comparing them with the en-
voices, | am thoroughly convinced
the contractors are guilty of the most
outrageous and systematic swindliug
aud roLtery. Their acts can he
characterized by no other terms.
There is evidence also that the per-
sous employed in the department to
make the purchases are nccompliccs
in these crimes. l have examined
invoices Of purchases made by the
department or its agents in Eastern
cities, where the prices charged were
from fifty to hundred per cent.
above the market value Of good nr-
ticlcs. Upon an examination of the
goods I have found them, us II gen.
cral thing, worthless and deficient in
quality. Among them were steel
spades, made of sheet iron 'chop-
ing axes, which were purely cast
iron best brogans,' with paper
solcs blankets, made of sLoddy
and glue, which came to shrcds the
first time tlIcy were wet, &C., &c., &c.
"Add to these villainous purchases,
made with the deprecated currency,
the fact tho goods are generally sent
by most expensive means Of trans
portation, and it can he easily i'm
aginel how small aportion is received
BY the Indians. But the folly or
wrong of these purchases, made by
dishonest contractors, does not cease
here. Many articles are purchased
which would be utterly useless to the
Indians, if their quality was ever so
good, such us iron spoons, mirrors,
gimlets, jcwsharps, hair oil, fingcr
rings, and, in one case which came
under my observation, forty dozen
pairs of elastic g0rters were sent ont to
tribe in which there was nota single
pair Of stockings"
The articles are very deficient in
quantity as well as quality. the par
GELS falling shou of the required
amount Most Of the WOODEN goods
are rotten aud utterly worthless
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