New-York tribune., 1874-02-23

enne Agency, June T. 1879 tl4Ts G. NJ Dodge. July TO-
1879 beef cattle for santee and Red Cloud Agencies May
and June 1s7s s366l; q. NJ. Dodge July 49, I83 -four
and beef delivered In May and June. 1879, A5s6 g. VI.
Dodge, Sept. H. 1873, beef" t17,267 g. NJ. Dodge,
Sept 49, 1879. for beef g. G. NJ Dodge. Sept "a,
1873, "beef CATTLE N6722 g. NJ. Dodge Sept 80 1873.
for -four A7s4 @. NJ Dodge. Sept 80, 1873. for beef
CATTLE" &sO5 O. NJ. Dodge Oct. 1873. -four, s9So; g.
NJ Dodge, Oct II, 1s73 beef cattle" f7,09o.
The following statement is given under re-
marks :"
Suspension recommended by the Board. Accounts
allowed in full by the Assistant Attcrney-General
Acting Secretary OF the Interior) Oct II. 1873 o. NJ
Dodge. Oct. 30. ls79 for beef CATTLE" N2S7s; g. NJ
Dodge beef cattle furnished Junef26, 1879, A2ta-same
remarks as above; G.. NJ. Dodge -four, Nov 7, 1878,
~ COO G. NJ Dodge, Nov. a. 1918, s9O @. NJ Dodge,
"beet CATTLE" Nov. 10, 73, $1459 G. NJ Dodge. beef
CATTLE" Nov H. 3, t9692 G. NJ. Dodge, -four, Nov IL,
49, t2O6 q. NJ Dodge, Dec. l, 73, S951 mot ap
proved. but paid; g. NJ. Dodge. Dec. H. 1873, beef
cattle" s7O mot approved by Indian Board, but paidl
G. NJ Dodge, -four. Dec. II, 1s73 274o; G. M Dodge,
Dec a. 1873 Transporting -four. A43o mot approved by
Board. but paid) G. NJ. Dodge, JAM 7. 1874 beef,
so266 mot approved, but paid g. NJ Dodge, JAN H.
-four, sss0, q. NJ. Dodge Jan. 20, 1874 beef slo0Ss
In approving aud ordering paymentot the accounts
for Sl7,G95 and S4,243 to Gen. Dodge, MIR. w. H.
Smith, the Assistant Attorney General and also
Acting Secretary" after the account had been ex-
amined and suspended. used the following words
under date of Oct. IL, 1874:
In this critical financial period when business men
certainly need their money do not think il right TO re-
payment OF what appears 10 be an honest demand
simply because wrong has probably been done at some
other agency.
Among the other interesting accounts is one OF
A. H. Wilder apparently another favored contractor
who furnished s6i and 24 yoke of oxen for the
Grand River and other Indians, at an expense of
$6S 800. This was sent to the Treasury Department
for record without being submitted to the Indian
Commissioners, and was ordered paid by Secretary
Delano One item for red flannel shirts is for S246l
+. McVeagh d. Co., under the head of tobacco"
were paid S3O,145. One item for butcher knivesis
for So, 1G9. Hereis copy Of one account:
Dart, 1900 bottles sanitary specific" 5000
July IS, 1873.
"Soap for Indian Service" is down for SO, 4S4
Among the advertising accounts are the following: +:
l.. T. Kidd, for advertising in The Cincinnati Gazette
sale OF Omaha Indian lands, t2s2O School Blakeley,
for advertising in The Philadelphia Erenng Star sale OF
Omaha Indian lands. $6s c. +. Batha, advertising In
The Dakota Civ Mail sale OF Omaha Indian lands, si5s
L. B. Colby, advertising in The Chicago Weekly Pos sale
OF Omaha lands 1894 II. C. Bowen, advertising In The
INDEPENDENT sale Of Omaha lands, $3.50 E. N Smith,
advertising in The Wes Point Republican, sale OF Omaha
lands. 800; st. A. d. Balcombe, advertising in The
Omaha Republican, sale OF Omaha lands, t55s MI. and
Mrs Seth b. Mobley, advertising in The Platte VALLEY
Independent sale OF Omaha lands, s264 VIM T. Davis.
advertising in The Cincinnati Times and Chronicle, sale
of lands IN Nebraska, s67i; Rich Ryan, advertising
In The Dubuque Times. sale OF lands in Nebraska $S
Comfy & Smith, advertising in The Ohio Stale Journal,
sale OF Omaha lands 500 Wm T. Davis, advertising in
The Cincinnati Times and Chronicle, S373 g. H. Kauff-
man. advertising in The Washington Erening Star, t6l.
The total amount of money paid to Gen. Dodge for
a little more than six months supplies is about
S412991. There are other names in the accounts
that are scarcely less prominent than his.