, 1875-08-15

almost unlimited 6WlDo'inBs pota a6 10 quaA1J
and quantity of the beef furnished
The cattle may ba email and pooz. OF
they may be large and poor The cattle
Of this country are almost all from Texas,
but there is wonderful difference in them.
Thote that hare been brought from Texas this
that have been year or two on tho excellent
ranges OF these regions are fAt and the best kind
Of beef The Agent and the contractor have the
matter all to themselves, and 10o small. lean
cattle may be issued weighing 6oo to 800 pounds
and vouchers gi7en.for 210 cattle Weighing 1000
to l200 pounds.
TIE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO swNDLE -,
here fs largely due to the loose uubusiness-like
way in which these issues are made.
Nobody knows how many Indians there are to
cattle is brought up either BY the Agents men
OF the contractors meo,-and It makes lttle OF
no difference which, And put into 4 pen or
corral, and the ISSUE is made through chute
aud the cattle are driven over pair OF scaes:
It is not necessary that any one bot the agent
and the beef-contractor should be present. The
cattle are hustled out, and as each pano
OF Indians get their allotted number OF cattle.
the young men set upon them and run them on
at the top Of their speed, and XIII them aa tae5
run, 80 as to have
On the occasion Of each issue OF cattle
The Indians do not understand what amount
they are entitled TO- and. besides, they are care.
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supply for to-day, "take no thought for the
morrow" These are few OF the many ways IN
which frauds may be carried on at these Agencies
by these Agency managers, aud whe1e there Ii
| no chance Of their being detected.
The whole system OF management, OF, more
| properly. nismanagemept. of these Agencies Is
| loose, unbusness-like, and disgrace TO this na-
| ton, and fraud alike upon the Indians and the
| Government.
| 1t may be said that there are certain
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who visit these Agencies and carefully inspect
| them three or four times year. This ID 10.
But the coming OF thcso gentlemen IL always
! known at the Agency months before they come,
so that everything may be IN order. anu IL
would make but little difference whether their
! coming was known or not, unless they we're
set Of secret detectives in the most potfect DIS
guise. say, then, that owing to tue peculiar
location and surroundings OF these Agen-
cies, the loose, unsyssematlc manner ID
which the business there is transacted
| the fact that 10 one has any idea OF the number
| OF Indians fed there the fact that every white
! man connected with these Agencies ls nnderool'
eations to the Agency manasers for h's dal11
/ hraad and thinks thai By cheating ladIaus OUT
| OF what the Government intends to give ehem,
no white man loses any moral standing, DUE u
inst 80 much ahead and one other 1act-tna'
tie coming OF tho Investigation was known
months before it came-wiH make 1t next TO
IMPOSSIBLE Fon THESE COMMISSIONERS TO F1Si
obr ANYTHING
in reference to the true condition Of thest
Agencies.
These Agency-managers have had evefytnne
in their own hands; all the surroundings ant
eyerv circumstance have been in their favor
The Commission has not stolen upon them Ike
thief in the night, but has been heralded by 81
| infinite number Of newspaper-tfumpets. ana tue
have had ali the time they could ask to put thei
houses in order And now, it they are not pre-
ared to prove themselves innocent OF ever
charge; if they are not prepared to lead thes
Commissioners OF on cold track at every turn
then they hare used their opportunities 20 nt'A
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