The New York herald., 1875-09-22

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sell 100 per cent cheaper than Mr. Belknap's friend
Leighton did before the HERALD forced him sell out
Mr. E. Bruyea chopped 200 cords Of wood up the
river which he offered to the agency. sperry and his
clerk Judge Courtenay were TO buy it. Sperry finally
gobbled himself 81 rs cord and agreed to pay
for II in the fall Meanwhile the water cut away the
bank and some Of it tumbled into the river and was
lost The next spring sperry only wanted to pay Tor
what left saying that be took it 10 accommodate
Mr. Bruyea The fact is he bought it a speculation
and sold what remained TO the steamboats, for SO so
cord Every man have agrees that sperry tried
10 cheat the Of his wood after he had bar
gained for reduced presence of Witnesses
This is the way he treats white who can read and
write.
The Indian woodchoppers fare worse He paws them
in paseboard-half in agency checks and half in Ray
mond's checks. And this wood, for which the govern
ment pays fifty per cent, he sells to the steamboats,
large advance and puts the proceeds in hls pocket 1t
charged that be even sold some OF the wood left by
Tappan, his predecessor, the steamboats, He paid
Bruyea 81 70 a cord produce one of his own
men who paid him Sc cord for wood and yet he has
the audacity to say that he makes nothing
or IRREGULARITIES
He is very particular to keep squaw men away from
the agency and to that none of them wood or
hay the reservation but he dips private specu
latons without scruple Last spring he sold reserva
tion potatoes to Raymond and the steamboat His
parteer got less than 800 bushels. When the In
dians want any OF these potatoes Raymonds estab-
lIshment is ready to sell them for the tickets which
Sperry gives them for their work The potatoes sold
TO steamboats, raised from government seed and
the Indians who cultivated them were paid in govern
ment rations When Dave Sperry boss farmer he
planted three-quarters of an personal specu
lation, and he sold between 500 ana 600 bushels
ID HI .I,r.
taken some pains investigate this matter, and find
that better crop on ground yielded only $50
bushels Of potatoes.
sPERRY's
All of the beef Of the -four and all of the pork
and veal used in the agents public eating house
nearly two years have been taken from the Indian
supplies. And the potatoes, vegetables, MILK &c,
have been furnished by the agency farm. This mess
brings sperry least 81 600 year, and neither In
dams nor the government get dollar of the receipts.
stated in my last letter, each empoy6 pays S25
month for board sperry lives well, and he deserves
credit for setting good table. 1t is said that the
mess cost him only SO 20 for the first winter
sperry sold agency COW to one of the 'squaw
men" for SIS. A month later the animal appeared
the rolls having been issued the mans wife, who
is a squaw This covered the SALE and the agent made
s75 by the operation.
FACTS INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
sperry says that he has nothing to do with Raymond
in a financial way Mr. Bouchamp says that the agent
asked him buy all of his goods of the trader the
ground that he good friend of his and that he sold
as cheap as any l know a man who testify to
having hundreds Of Raymonds tickets redeemed
at the agency warehouse
Philip Reifsnider is the post blacksmith at Fort Ste
He bears good reputation. In April, 1874,
he came from Waupon, Wis, to do the backsmithing
tna od sIv haan in
Wisconsin, and agreed to give him 81 800 year. Atthe
end the first quarter he told him that he reduce
his wages $780, but that he would try in the future
give him 81 200 instead of 81 800 he promised in
Wisconsin. The situation accepted with reluctance.
He had long distance with his family, and he
the mercy Of the agent Sperry said that he would
reduce some of the other employees and advance him
and the engineer. The blacksmith says that
sperry is utterly devoid of principle He charged
strangers fifty meal at his house. and gave
his half of the money although the supplies
taken from the government warehouse Last summer
he boarded eighteen persons in his sperry had
many confidential talks with the blacksmith. Once he
came to hn in great anger. He said that many
plants had been made against his management but
thereafter if the employees did not attend to their bus
ness and let his alone, he would discharge them. If
they countenanced listened criticisms on.his
conduct in any particular, he would get men, until
he had those who willing to work in harmony
with him. This was in June, 1874
MR.. sPERRY ooNyIcTs DELANo.
1t is charged by Welch and Marsh that the Washing
ton officials in league with the thevng agents;
that they refuse to punish those whom they be
wrong am ready to prove that they do work with the
agents The witness is a Of high standing and
impeachable veracity according to the Rev p Smith
and the American Missionary Society. His name Is L. I
b. Sperry, formerly of Oberlin
Nr Sperry told Reifsnider during this stormy inter-
view that he had recently been in Washington that
while there letters shown him from parties here
Berthod complaining ofhis irregularities" and he
referred in particular. But he informed by
the officers that he could keep the agency while General
Grant was President lie assured that he would be
upheld all of his plans and that he should 60 on and
do as he thought best.
This hearsay evidence. 1t is the truth and can
be proved in any court that the Rev. E. p Smith
may select. The blacksmith is Of integrity and
character-so much that Mr. Sperry went to Wau-
pom WIS., and agreed to give him extra salary If he
would come to the agency.
MORE FALSE VOUCHERS.
One OF the first things that distinguished Mr. sperrys
administration was THISTLE engaged Raymond's
teamster TO haul goods for the agcncy-from Ray
monds in Bismarck, Of course He agreed to
pay a certain price per hundred and never consider
load less than 2,000 pounds on occasion the man
brought up only two barrels Of sugar Instead Of max
ing up the deficiency frono his money, out Of
which he defrauding the government he prepared
false voucher and represented the sugar as weighing
1000 pounds The eanster was paid accordingly.
One year ago last July certain man. who can be pro-
duced when wanted hired to work at 81 a
day-he take his pay for two-thirds Of the sum in
government goods and the remaining third in Pay
monds checks speny made him sign blank vouchers
twice so as to get money to pay Raymond, he said
The empoye afterward asked to sign more blank
vouchers two separate OCCASIONS but he refused and
wanted TO- know why he should be forced to criulnate
himself by putting his name to'faIso documents.
REPLY
that the other employees did the same Ho said
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