New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-28
THE RED CLOUD AGENCY.

SIR: In compliance with your directions,
transmitted 70 me in Official letter OF Oct IS 1870
have the honor 10 respectfully inform you that Nsi'eu
Inc Rel Cloud and MILESTONE Indian Agencies IN Dakota
Territory and have L. report as follows;
On NV arrival AZ Cheyenne, Wyoming, went to the
storehousc OF the Indian Department in company with
Nil y II. Moore, st0rekeepcr, ana examined tHe sup
pbe. there awaiting transportation TO the Red Cloud
Aeancy The bacon WIS vciy good nut soiEe OF uie
eo and sugar looked inferior There were five brands OIL
iyered under The contract Tor this year. aS foo"S
1.t A. - Ieus; ID Occidental Mills Council Bluffs;
81 Parilon Mills. Nebraska; sll. state Alis' Ohiah'
5tb Anchor Mills. None a the sacks Of Tie first ioui
brands we're marked a. required by contract, ihdih
I.,aftlueut Flour" some Of the hour was Ia single
ssc, bus I could not ascertain low lnnch socuieu
sus OF each brand of Hour selected by NJ Moore ah'.
myself and respectfully submit them herewith also MI
Moores affidavit - The samples selected anc his esii-
mate OF the quantity OF 1oIr in single sacks, etc The
fuur appeared be very Interior and Il said u &c ue
H,ercd D. Mr. J. T. Baldwin for 6. NJ Dodge.
uIGu PRICES PAID FOR CORN.
sone Of the substituted Tor Hour az ked C4ou''
Agency s per letter OF Commissioner OF In'an Ahfs'
dared sept To- lc73, in the store ana looked hhc
good ,.n although OF the same utli'er AZ
the agency, very dirty AMI inferior Tie price pu Ior
A r slated IL tie letter 81 te COmnlssiorc: OF IEdn
i :, t23 per 100 pOuaGs THIS price Is Tar above
the market rates. Corn is being delivered IL SGI4ef III
C..veunc at - 7Oler 100 pounds. "A sn-il quantities.
large quantity be obtained IL burlap sas snch as
Nj Dodge the contractor, delivered H. iof ~ %
Der 100 pounds. Clark, Parsons Co. ei Omaha one oi
te most reliable firms IN that city, offered 10 furnish
100000 pounds at Cheyenne II that rate 30 also du
Nj Colett, gram de...cr in Cheyenne.
Iasgerli ne While IN Cheyenne that the distance 70
the cd Red Cloud Agency by the road usually taVeed
b. heavy trains Is about 30 miles, while d. j. Aetann
charged the G0vcrnncn; for 1872 miles and that the dis
t.acc from CHEYENNE 10 the Red Cioud Agency IS
a I-,a mil, CT
Wis OF John Compton, t7t.Hnastcr OF D. j. Mccain,
med also b. C.. W. PefAins su-coniraetor' ana o.
Charles Hoch;, subeontraciOr, While u. !. AeCann
CHARGED for 2l2 miles also submit copy Of the con-
tract bct,,een d. j. acCann and Charles HccAt which
SHOWS thar Mr. Mccain only paid II per leo pounds
for the wlo distance 10 the old agency and that the
TRANSPORT ;ioa u,w furnished for - 20prr 100 pounds
Der leo n,.les t. the new agency from the Old.
AlFAIRs i NV RID CLOUD AGENCY,
7 arrived &C New E,d G. aud Agency NV 6. The az
fairs q tris agency conducted very loosely was H.
formed by tie who the stores that nothing
Is weighed receipt from tne freight contractor, who
get, rcce,t his bills % adg and that the agent
d. Saye. SAID lie need not weigh To any one AZ al
acquainted with the character u the class Of men Ell
gasea n freghtng the remote frontier Il As obvious
tL.t the Government loses largely By TINS practice AM
IL is incJnceivatie how any person p"ssess%u al
m mt and Indians. could tolerate such practice
Neither Il there any rccoriof the anCt O. bee Ieri
=
~ .s ,1,oli me- L. rlqd. out himself IT,,
becycs rad been received By weight,
taacd - Weighing. 4 aAeed. some Oi tie largest "a.
IT, mt. Nov :, when the cattle scale Was p I'D, with
cattle cora, for weighing
In examining tie papers Of ucc gency up to the dite OF
M, arrival found ment OF IN" beef account with
thc contractor ana askin- mr. Appleton. Che arting
agent fOrf.n estimate Of the amount Tor winch irceiHs
yrre dine lie contractor u tLat date he Informed me
mat he could not tell until he sent 10 Mr. George W. Bo-
Ter nj his camp. 50 distant, ard was con-
pc To accept las promise - obtain the rrc iOr me
on my return from MILESTONE Agency. Bu,
even then Nj. bosicr did not bring his 2c-
CONT and I waited two days longer than
Wa Otherwise necessary at Red Cloud Agency while Mr.
Boser went his camp oStensbiy 10 examine has
a, r. lei me l-ov Inc result Hc again retained to the
Aceney tn. day before left, and SAID tine Government
oWeG nI for l3o bocyca OF mas d. more p1t DC was no.
sure az a. said Of s herGcrs had Two OF tae ofic
which hc had Thus the account OF heel received
sies are made cuiets OF bands for their bands or
10 some chef or head man designated by the band.
Flour, coffee sugar A. ar IS e' I- Vu,;' re
iig 10 TIE amount hand, and no record is kel 81 tc
amount issued the returns beng made oat /" b@ialce
with tAe amount 81 .Iu' 1-e tA'',o ~ ~ .-.S l'i
charged with the amounts stolen by Ncsit frli"ct1
and others ard fed 10 employ ai - VIXEN are I'd
niI.n Supplies Inc bee - Issued > heeNes on
lie Isl, sA, l5tA, AID I'D Of each nonta iil Dec gS
baud. sad TO number zoo 100 gfs receives 40 !rcFes Tor
seven days rGi1us. When inc NCrgc %! the beef n
g.raiy 0ycrc, mattel. the Indians charged WITH
aGd crattd out o. thc "noHn ui tAe cVcleSllhie II
Ius bari received their cattle % bc artuai NaiU" tAeY
woa.d only 'e catcd Ia 40 ierycs. each Vceihn" I'D
pounds, and ali otc4 thai ~e-At j. an iiiSt.llh Ie,
which is coz cICt - Incorporating the dciRa puinr
Gi
Wounds band received bcel 10 nlc lodges by s'e-
ca Arrangement Of Dr. SavlYe, Wi.O PROMISED - allow
t4ln tiat number II they permitted Eim L. count
t,pr lodges Little WolTs baud recciv Ell
"a AXE proportion. On TIE other haEd, Red
Ills ration c1d.vorcd 10 get state ncf % the
lsT ieVcs Issued DT sGTtie took charge, nat
iO.ud thai Regular record OF the number OF DoPTcs
issued kept be- Ond the rough ISSUE Isis Of tr cou-
nissary clcrk; and those Of the third quarter having
b-t &c sif1ve return 81 provisions for tina.
quarter wac rendered. had 10 Limit inquiries into the
bcc transactions 10 the months 0i OctODef ana NOteII-
Der.
INDIANS CHEATED OUT OF WHOLE ISSUES.
The papers Of the agcacy show that the 1st day Of
October there hand 1404s pounds Of beef, and
ecip,s OF j. sayillc the LIST day October, CAT
head averaging 1853 pguids EACH and On the 18Th day
Of October 033 head, averaging l,0+3 pOulds each,
making a total of ,3C2,92s pounds
From statement Mfr l.. +. Walters IL Is that
lG head were charged issued 10 Indians dlssng the
month The chief Acrlcr stated that he had ON
the sf ay OF October 90 head OF beeves, which, added
10 te $50 which receipts given. would
amount to $40 OF which 1.lG3 issued,
Ieaying 1T head which should have been hand Oct
81 es 81 head said by afr Appleton 70 have been lost
by STAMPEDE aud 10 head said - have been given by
Dr lie Jams account OF rons for his
l9fbrcCd children, living g miles from the u
VIII ~ hereafter that there wac not pound Ol Ocef
hand al t4ls dale
FALSE AND FRAUDULENT RECEIPTS FOR DSEF.
The receipts OF sayiilc were however, false and
fraudulent He did not receive CAT head the LIST Of
October, nor head the 18th OF October On the
LIST day OF October issue was made az the agency,
because the herd of size contractor stampeded the st