, 1875-07-19
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IQtA...s.,t+.sut.ilV H,H43.ilY
s1oex1 AuD1soas oF11es. june :, ls7s. .1Ths fore-
Of this office. Z. u. faxHcH, Auditor,
In other words, tlils large hord Of cattle which
no one could falTly tdttu1Ato 1t Krekter average
weight per had than 10 pounds. snd rh!eh
both tho Agent and contran!or Apologizod for ~
being much inferior to theis regular laauea, and
whicn Agent 8Aylilo only oinluled to ha~o weigh
Cd $50 pounds. wero charged to tho Govesnmant
by thst Official ~ Weighing moro than 1,oAs
pounds each, and tue contractor actually ro-
colsed pay 1t that rate!
Those frauds In Weights, vhlob arc oopsuna.
mated by direct oollnson bot*oen tho Agent and
the contractor, aud though which both tho In
dams aud tho Governments a1s 80 s1eAtj. do
frauaad. form only phst Of tho generhl hyssem OF
theft. I have raason to beleye that equal sas.
easlty 10 practlced in regard To tho number Of
cattle. For example. there Ia conclusive evi-
II. 1874, we're the seven head Oh puoy antmals
examined by Con. BRADLEY, yet, according to tho
provision retusas Of Asens bAviils Tor the fourth
quarter Of, 187A. now on ffe IN tho Interior De-
oF, according 70 bin of1elAl sscepts ITO head. It
has been shown aboys, however, that tho beef
tasuo which hs oIslned to have made Nov, did
pot tAKs ptaca. uence hs should hsye had on
80 bead Of esstle, when he actually nad onjy
seyen!
Those various bssf transactions look place np-
dsF tho contract assigned to W. A. Paxton, woil
4nown to be mo'tlJ tho agent Of Dos|er, Who
Personally allied tho constAct Although tais
ooatraas Lad hoen violated Ia all tea Important
featusea, and shAmoful frauds prActiced 10 jts
tn'hllnaent, Comulsaloacr Smith dld not call on
sh8 bondsnea OF The contractor for satisfaction,
~ tho law required him to do, but, On March IT,
1919. privately mAda = new contract with tho
same ". 4. Paxton {or IL e s4itY With Doalar} to
eupply beef for the ssms Ilod Cload Agency IL =
nuen higher price (ts roF 100 pouadsl thsn this
Hhls contract was nlegal, ~ 1t Nas glvea BY tho
Gommtsaioner WlthonI Aase1tAln8 TOT proposala.
1Ae BOND required tu this contract waa &4Q 900.
HoH tue eoutFact WA carried out will be 5000
from tho testamony Of Lieut.. W. L. Carpenter
and oths1H 81tou baiow.
toa ~ Novaeaess, aad was subsequently stk.
ttonuu u Had Cloud AEenay, where 10 had tho
best Opportunity to observe tho whole uAnsco-
nrus OF ahaits. Mr. Louis neshaw GslcharJil
was alno at tho Agency, and ultimately sequasni-
al WIZ "hes tsAnsuirod thata. Both were ptea-
ene ~ cAsslo 1&sues Ia May Last, and tho res4l.s
Of shett ohaatvatlon ara embodied in thair cnr.
tlacates hero given;
GANP HEAn TalHGnAn. Cat, Juna n. la4s-1
certify that oa or about ths 13h d4y Of Nay, fs5s
witnessed 81 tssus Of boef c.ltls tu tha iud1aus 4
. r. .t!s essoa Tut 10 e than
thea ,asaeu.y sn.1 Oil ot .aaut 10 1esd sh.sh
, TX alna . = th.t tme, there ous atte oIaa
waleh wona o sosepsed BY N aray eomrnls.ary ~
hesd which would no. nst 100 pounds of besf: sud to
tho tess ot ray knoNlsdgs and bxlel ths sn4xu herI
"0ula not '''f'*' ~ pounds s.e'. WEIGHT:
<1sss lietttsuaus Hinth lnfsntfy.
WAs9ikafoa. !uns q. ls1o. IL letutf cc1klfy ihat
H. sss e III ~ - 70 hs.t .saa u
alsns tuors than s-thtsd H&ss Atliuga hAxs fuu
knowledge Of this fsc bought OF ths Ynlsus nT.r
4xt1 hides At as 0A1ss " lad ii tn. Tina Tia r.