, 1875-09-20
lotsrytew will, a Gentleman Wlle Has
Been on the Ground.
How Cattle Weighing GOO Pounds
Are Received at 1000.
Method Of Stealing by False EnumeFa-
ton Of Families.
The System Of Bogus Vouchers
for DcpVCS.

M.rsh Committee i,HB bucn investigating. a
TRIBUNE rcpurtor yesterday iuterv!oscd Mr.J.
q, Oaopor, of No. VI Langley avoni1o, WHO WaH
in Tho Injlan country, connected with tho
Agencies fu various positions, fspm 1865 to 1879,
aud who, aH CAof Clerk Of ttid Northern Super
tDtepdency, aud afterwards ~ SPECIAL Agent and
Is esnployo Of contractors had full opportunity |
to acquire knowledge Vt ,tle faclz.
III reyponBo to the Invitation Of the reporter to
tall all hp know about tho alleged fraulg aud |
particularly ~ to
THE DEEr CONTRACTS |
of Nr. Dosler and his asaociato4 to which Mr..
B, {bofore the Marsh Com,nlsson) rcfuHed to |
tell how be uado &i00, 300 III one year on boot
for tho Indiana At ssnglo Agency, Mr.. Cooper
dictated tho following statement to the ro-
porter:
Under the treaty mndc At Fort Laramie, in
1865. tho aovornulcnt obligated itself to
FEEp AND cIorHE THE .1oux,
for Which tha Indians released their lands snst
Of the Missouri sad south Of tho alno Of
Nebraska, oxcopt The territory embraced in tholr
present reservation. The 1a1aun vcro scc,r1-
ipgly removed from tho territory eodod by
them to tho Agencies established GU tho
Missouri River, north Of isnkton. III May
1869, El~ald Fonlon, Of Lcayenworth, ~as
Ipdiaus OF tAeHo Agencies for tue yesr-abont
10 600, 600 poupta. Col. II. y. Don,uar. u. ".
Powers, e1-Guy. Carucy Of kanHas. aud several
oths,v, uo1o Interested with Fenlon III tho coh-
tract. was agent for Ftniou at tho Cheycnno
Agency, aud TOR him delivered cattle under tlo
cout1 act there. Under tho tlcaty utle pnunl OF
baef por diem was 10 bcisnued TO every lutlaA
THE ENUMERATION or TIE INDIANS
ssa enade by calling council uf tho Cliiefs at
which tho b.avca appeared aud were euso''ed bY
Tue AEous. For each OF tIe bucks @ faulty vt Bi1
xss enrolled on tho Agcncy E.pess. 1n this way
tlo Indians attne Cheyenne AgancJ were reckoned
up at upwards Ut ., 3tu, n4sn iu fact there Horo
ueYer a50U. On tAs enumeration vouchers
we're issued to the euut4Aetofs, and the Agents
accounts wore made out to haow thst syely
Indian, buck, Bquawt or papooso, always draw
lis .. her ratluns. Bot III fact III dealing out,
1he ratiul,s wera Issued to tho luulsns oy actual
count, aud thCso who preaontcd themselves At
the Agency receiving rstons, White fur those VINO
were of On hunting parties, etc., nothing mas
issued. though
in tho AGENCY accounts ~ hAvlnR tocn issued.
Thus, wflllo tue Agency onutuo' atiou fur fhint-
los" OF the bnckA mAde the nutnLor Of Ill
dIxus neaylv 1W per cept of tho truo puulhnr,
not mora than two-th4ris OF the actual number:
did On &retaRe Claim their rasions reEular.Y.
Tho Agent made out Lis rauorta t0 tue Dohat-
wore ianuea accordingly. The d!.leranec ba-
two4n Tho ratlor,a actually Issued aud the RI
tlona charged for tuado
TIE ulo BTEAL j.
Of tho contractors aud Agents. who divided it
between thotn. Tho Fenlon contract Was full
filled this basis. A. matter OF fact, tho Ill
dfaus who presented themselves At tho Agency
received t4cE full rssioub. Which, kept thom
quiet.
ehectsd wholly on pappr. Eut 1t was not dunc
in 10 trnnsl aren't way, which would hayo lei
10 detection OIL tho first investigation BY Con-
gresaional COMMITTEE. It va, oporatsd III s!1!s
should weigl. LOGO pounds on tic llous aud
vhat number Of head should bo delivered nunth-
y. Tho cattle, as n1h tor Of fact,
WEIR NOT WEIGHED,
put tho lasgeas stuors Ia = herd Nera wetghrd
and their avnr.ge nccoltod n that Ut the entire
herd. In this nude. Fuplun ta1nnd III cattle
that wouldn't have averaged HOO ppauds At 1,U0O
,,ouudh ouch, aud RJns cattla Moro accepted AZ
Weighing l,o0u which did not wolgh uver G00
Owing to the eernandousIy-axasgeyate
enumeration Of tho Indians, eron this over
estimate Of tho cattle Lett tho Agent with i Bur-
Plus Of beef on hand. 10, under this contract,
1ouchoss for cattle doliyod wore lssucd to
feulon.
WHEN NO cATrtE wEnE DELIVERED.
These vouchers wbre Issued for ncyolAi hnn1rsd
head of cattla not delivered, Or, in other words,
for several hundrsd thousand pounds Of beof.
These fhola are within ny OWN parsonal knowl-
edRo.
The next contract Wea ono In uhch hfr.
J. ". Dosicr mAH ,ntertslcd. Dir. Boiler 10 the
baaf contl actor Who ihs other day testified be
9o1o the aIasah Investigating Cvmminutoa that
Last YEAa HE MADE $1Nl,Nt0
% this contract for beef At the had Cloud Agen-
cy, bet declined to xl9e awAs the benefit Of lis
httesD yetrs' experience IN tue olhlGess ny e1.
rialning llow lie mads 1t. ]'c1hapH ~hat l tel
Ths contract wka made IN the nsrDo Of !. 4.
Morrow, aud took etroct In September, 1876.
TenEop's contract had 'un out oil tha lHt Of Jnne,
three mouths before the 3luroW-Husler contract
Dosler furnished Icctwseu 9.0oo aud
Agencies {Yanktou, MILESTONE. Grow Crack,
Cheyenne, and uraud N1yorA aud the other
supplies called for by the treaty, nndor coa-
HAct With the Department. Which WEE niAda
WITHOUT AAy PROPOSALS.,
hsring bsen advertised for. ~ required by acs Of
GouKress. ~.
Tho september con.ract WIS for 1000. .00t
pounds of euef "un tue noof." n. A. Paxton
aaa nysolf made trip 10 Abelsne aud salua.
hAs,, together, on which We bought tue cat.
Tia dellyared under th4s comtsAcs. The tosk
nunber df hard purchased Ma shout 7,uo0. ~
tragln!g At tie time Of pu1chaae about .vo{
were driven to ths several Agencies, from 60t
TO 1000 iniaea, IN ths mon.bx OF October ~.
Noyemb1t. aud gained nothing in xclghs, TAsl
wore delivered. according q the caut1aot, ii
would have bsea delivered Ia June, 187A-ex
tendnB over tbs untor ulouthh4 during xhIel
the aeyero weather and soaut feed {gtaxlug
would haye reduced theis weight.
For tho purpose Of Aoerta!nIug
Cow MANY CATTLE WERE PAIn ron
under thi4 contract, And ut what weight the
we're roceiL tod BY the Indian Ageuts, on lie lytl
q Juns, 1871 wtote tho Department Of ttlt
Treasury, ssknR for copies Of VOUCHERS SHOWN,
tue amount of teof delivered and paid ior unda
khe Morrow contract.
Ia reply my letter waa returnsd with m In
aorremsot thereon by becoud Auditor CrcueI.
Of tho Treasury Department. stating tAat bsfor
ths copies would be furnished must aaud IN,
affidavit explaining Tor what purpose they NOR
uoaired, And further that thsr were
NOT TO Bk usED FoR poIlT1oAL PURPOSES,
aueh affidavit / turHasded. aud Ia return re
estsod oopies OF I'll Of the soucnars in question
duly certified under seal OF tho Department
The following " N abstract 0! these voucua1u
shoWs the nu.ubsr Of head Of cattlo dsli.srs
y each A8sucy. uudsr the Morrow contract, au
Tue average weights at which thay were receive
y ths Agsnse aud paid for. ~ shosn By th
sonoaels TN tlis 10 the Department.. It Will
seen that tho total number of csttle for Mhio