New-York tribune., 1875-07-14
SCHEDULE Of Pfef care dercrrd ~ he Ped C0wd pfi0
Igenry dliyngt me F0,rh CUGri6r. lS7l uJpeTs by
Gcc0nnlS Of ". 4. ration on Gic i3 Mts Olice:


Tie foregoing satem mt ~ az pears 10y the
records Of tins oilice r. B FRENCH A'bilior'
In OTHER words. this large herd of cattle which no
one could fairly estimate at greater average weight
yer head than 75O pounds, and which both the
agcnt and contractor apologizcd for as being much
inferior 10 their regular issues, ard which Agent
6 willie only claimed to have weighed so pounds,
were charged to the Government by that official as
weighing more than lob pounds each, and the
contractor actually received pay mt that rate,
OF the cattle received during this quarter other
than the a'oyc have no personal knowledge, but
from all could lcarn from those who had seen
them, they were no leter than the herd examined,
which Fed Cloud in Washington pronounced good
one and superior TO most Of those received. | think
il would hc SAFE 10 say that tie cattle received fer
that whole quarter did ret n%t exceed zoo ponnds
average and yet Agent Savio recclptod for them to
thr cont irartcr at over ,OiD mounds.
These frauds in weiglts. which are consrmnatcd
by direct COLLISION letwarn the agent and the con
tractor and through which both the Indians and
the Government are 80 greatly dclraudcd form only
part Of the genera system Ct theft. h3ve r'aso ,
10 hohoye Hat equal raScality is practced i'm regard
to the number Of cattle. For example there is con-
elusive evidence that the only cattle at the Agency
Nov. H. 1874. were the seven h al of puny ANN as
provision returns of Agent Savile for tie fourth
quarter of lS7 now on file IN the eror d. part
ment he shoud have bad II l.9OJ pnunls, or a.
couug to hi- official receipts. 40 head. 1t has
been shown Above, however. that the beef issue
Which Inc rlaiinc,l TO have made Now did not take
place Iloncr ho should have Lad ON Nov; IL at
least iG l27 pounds Of beef or about 40 Lodd OF
cattle when hr actually had only seven!
These various beet transactions took place under
the contract assigned to W. \. PaHton, well k,DMm 20
be merely the AGENT OF Bo,lcr who personally flied
the .ntrlct. Although this contract had been vi =
lated in all its important features and shameful
frauds practced IN its fulllilmelt. Commissioner
Smith did not call on the bOndsmen OF the contractor
for Sat .faciOn ~ the law required him TO DO but,
OH March II. 1879 privately made new contract
with the same W. A. Paxton lor IN reality with Bo'-
icll To supply beef for the same Red Oud Agency Ut
Il much helrr price t-;} per 100 pounds than tils
contractor had originally bound himself 20 do This
contract illegal, a. II was given by the Connls
sionrr " il hDut advertising iOr proposals. The bond
rruuired in this contract was f-O,OuO. How the
coitra was carried ont viii be seen from the tcs-
mouy ot Lieu;. VI. l.. Carpenter and others given
Li,ut. Carpenter was with me on my expedition
i'm Noycml"r and was subsequently stationed at
Red loud Agency whcra lac had the best opp0rtu-
nifty to obs. I'VE the whole manage, mcnt of affairs
Mr.. Louis R,sAaw (I, har,j was also al the gency
and Intimately acquainted with what tan>pir,d
there h in were present at catl, issucs IN May
last aud the results of rhcir observation are cn-
bod ii ia their &c. tcates here gwen:
locrfily that on OF about The LIN dy OF May, 1870,
witnessed an issue Of beef cattle TO the Indians al tho
Red ClOud ,cicy, Neb. Ihat the cattle then issued
were wrecncd poor ana ab5ut % on,..a %I IHela ridgn,
loi,ly small. Or o. about 200 head ynlch ! saw Killed
"a that time, there were bu three oxen which would be
accepted ~ ~ army c9n'nl' AIRY Tor s''io TO troops
Tholc were iiany ycarinss III The herd which would
hot net 2DO pound. bref and o tie best my knowl-
edge belief, cltno herd would not average 100
uyllu /, gros, weight ". l.. CARPENTER,
Firsr Lieut. 9th Infantry.
Cd,ip near Zrisstdad, CoL. Junc -, loo.
WAsIIING ron, June ), 1879.
thereby certify that WAS af Cloud Agency. at the
fs: boc issue in May 1879. and that OF the cattle then
,.ucd the linn, than unchird were ycarlings.
have ful ku0wtgc of this fact as bolgl: ~ the In
dns over hides Of the cattle issued at that time The
remainder the cattle lcft after this issue all
slnall, and not Larger tlan those issued
In the above issue ALLEGIANCE made to the In
daIs tine small cattle delivered all counting alike.
Louis lk-iIAW.
II will be remembered that the contractor re-
ceived much higher price for these cattle than for
those previously delivered. and that the contract
called for gOod crthan;able beef cattle. ayerag
ing $40 pounds" and tna " If any cattle offered tor
acceptance snOuid fail 10 conform the require
mcnts of this contract the same shall be rejected by
the agent 1ha above certificates show the kind of
cattle actually delivered under this contract. The
kind of cattle pad lor hy tho Government is inl-
Gated by thc following extract from the records of
the Office Of the Second Auditor of the Treasury.
which is taken from the ocial receipt, given by the
agent to the Contractor on which the latter receives
pay. 1t viii he observed at the general average
for the whole lot is over ,026 pounds.
MEMOKASDh Of Beef rate deiirercd dt me Red 'iOnd
IndiiH Aqency cOBmeRciHJ Jda !, 1870, as appears
By GccOnAts on Hic in MtS Otice.