New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-05
INDIAN FFAIRS.
FRAUDS IN THE INDIAN BUREAU.

FRAUDS IN THE INDIAN BUREAU.
CONSrrRNATiO AMONG TIRE MEMBERS oF THE IN
DIAN RING CAUSED by TIE PUBLICATION oY
col. HATCn's DIsrATCu-EXTEA APPROPRIATIONS
FOR SUPPLIES WHICH wERE NoI FURNISHED
rSsUfFICIENcY OF COMMISSIONER s3urHs Xxx
CUsBs.
fBr TELEGRAPH TO TIE rRIBUSE.l
WASHINGTON, MAY 4.-Great CONSERVATION
has been caused among ne members OF the Indian Ring
in Washington today by the publication Of tho dispatch
Of Col Hatch from Fort s <p"sing the Wholesale frauds
in the Indian management there and its Enforcement ny
Pope The OF these frauds is very unfortn-
nate for the Ring II will he remembered that Just
before tho adjournment Of Congress an extra spproprs
ton Of $500 900 made to feed these same Indians
aud that the money made available at once Cndef
ths appropriation the Interior Department made con
with Mr. Slayens TO deliver beef to taeso lnan' on
the csth of March. five days after The contract was
awarded u him II shown OF the time that TINS e1ta
appropriation ought not 70 have been necessary since the
regular appropriation for the indians 1T these agencies
for the current year 10000 sum ample 10 iced
them bad they all rernared and drawn rations and
since 5000 OF them away on the war path about
eight months and drawing raons, surplus oil pro-
visions ought to have accumulated OF the h.ehccs IL
now appears that only onchr Of the authorized amount
-four and twOthrds OF the sugar haS been Issued "e
thr beef has worthless for food Tho extent OF
the frauds that pefpetraed at these agencies
during the current wear may be estimated by comparing
the amount Of money spent with that required under an
honest administration The appropriation Tor thfse
same Indian. for the fiscal year ending June 30 ls1i
was s275OOO Otthls the Quaker agents spent Only
5000 OOO while they fed Indians than nave Drawn
raons during present year. and ut the close o the
year thu surplus S75 600, still remained 10 their credit
The excuse which the Indian Bureau makes fof inc
beef contractor that impossible to furnish eae
during account OF me inctenent weather,
ia ridouous These Indians are the Southern part oil
the Indian Territory not far from the Texas ne aud m
the same latitude ~ Little Rock. Ark, or WumBEtOh'
n c. so that cattle live there the Plains all "h'er
without shelter or feeding II Just rs easy Tor the
Indian contractor TO furnish beef for the army con
tractor and Col Hatchs men seem to have hd Piehy VI
provisions and some to spare for the Indians
THE INDIAN COMMISSIONERS ENrLANATIoH'
GENERAL PRESS DIsPAICul
WARRINGTON. May 1.-The Indian Bureau nas
Information to-day fromS IecGl Commissioners shanksand
Also from unofficial source that the supplies so grcatV
needed for the Indians Fort S and Mt the vienna
Agency have all gone forward from CaGdo within 'lie
past few DAYS The nsutcItncy Of provisions and the
consequent suffering among the Indians there nave peh
caused Nv the failure OF the contractor 70 convey 'no
supplies FROM Caddo TO the reservations he Chains iha'
their transportation heretofore has been r'nderru po
-e 10y the extraordinary state OF the roads and the osd
weather.