, 1875-10-16
Peculiar Operations Of Contract
Ors III the S,tle Of Horses.
Ninety Good Ones and Ten Bad One.
offered in q Job.Lot.
The Commissioners Introduce Some Irin
cIplcs Of Common Honesty
TO the Traders,
Mysterious Manner in Which Intelligence
Reaches the Contractors,


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| RED elooo AGENCY oet' line manner in
m"eh Aotse anu e't'es eon''ae'1 are n''ed III tho
i"'''as' COUNTY WAS HWY eaeH'i"'nca a. tnss
"hsncs vi neoheso"y a'iu to'"Ay' anu 'ts de'
ee'p'''a WI h', w "i."o'1 '''el'"' :" 'nas po'-
''o.' VI tto lnp'" 'nas 'oo'7 ''e LAX p''1s. III
nasine tho preliminary ...--.
| A"HA ~ FUN t''k TREATY
lot INC black ta'"e' tafts u 1noa1 esptJ-hse
| !ho.a"H' n'a"e ny 1lou' '"e os"alas'
bFu'es' tneyennes' sna A5apanoes' nhooe
| sac soma'aaa 81 -" oss'sss .h.e'' Aon"E-
Mau,h'ta'a'o''hts.' u ~ "aa Eon' ne1th to
| .oc to"aof ana Tongue tneofa country, 10 e''
oca'of W ptlps III suo wiz ''oa1. iof t"'s ser
s!ce eac'i '"hp Ma' piou'lseo hofso W .ao o"o'
eoo'o'o4ou' tne coas'ae. VAS o'uo.eu y eo.''
hssohas s, e'h'.h 10 ne ~. sa'ousn - nan'ssa,
| spoc'al Agonk IN charge ot matters Of that KIND
for tho Treaty Commission. As aa item showing
the compJeto connections tho Itnq Inns, baye
on1r To aav that ana Ward. A contrsc,or of
w.. w sua, !. 49,. ~, ~
l,io nah u "n'a - atsson' @4itse" ~ "ou
Cloud tho same Gay tllc courier brought
tho telegram order from tho Comm;sslouer to
Chairman Alljsou. The dispatcu can,c 10 Fort
Lnr,nnto hv to1or,anh AMI TIM onerv In I1ow
,,,1 H.. srr, ,,,ee IA ha.u 1o;ra ~, lin har..
contracting Tor this section oarn or Tho ofuor ut
lesst fouf days bofotn its 1eIisery hero 7 They
nust hayo not It a fov hours after ita isyuo In
or,,or n h,,,t, wo,, ,,a,a l., I'm ,,n,. h, rrioI
There is nothing like having good circuit whom
mattcra Of this kind como around for tho fatten-
ing OF tho Ring, All this may be said in parea-
tnet,cal 6ay. aud now to
inE aASss" of totrlL'AsSt. NIL,
Daniols lot tho contract to Ward u Mason, OF
Cheyenne, nnh J. ". Dion. trader At this
Agency. The pslcs WAS set at 9l2i, delivered
no.o' ~ ,,,s,.. s.., .,,s ;.s, y ~.
no1ees ooaeus oAa' " 'a' '"49soo4s la'"l' - w
not unhef or over U yeAsa Old anu SOUND 10
every respect. Tbs hoFses Hese to be de!iyored
to gone mcubcre of the Commission, and Capt
" II Autjor ~ Nchr.,A, md ri. a p
1,..,..,,;a - !, ~. nw.ra 5at.;,oJ a. ,h.t
Doau'a's' o. o'' Aoh1S' "ef9 uotahoo 'oE taat
purpose. Tho animals arrived "oanesday' ant,
aftor few days food On Agency lay, wore an-
nounced ns ready 10 bo inspected. The Com-
nIeHlouofs did so, and found that about thirty
frat-class horses we're In tho lot, sixty wefo
fro1n fair to medium, and ton vsse tAa ackest
looking tan over had tho 1nisfortuue to SEQ.
The pinety horses were considered rs lilliug tho
contract, but tho other ten Mora promptly and
roaitiyoly rejected. This Was an unusual
thing, and never occurred hero before.
ANYTHING that woro hair aud did not
hare split hoofs bad heen passed
high rates. The contractors refilsed to allow
The ninety to be branded and Hsuod, and tAero
was general consultation, IN which tho whoe
Ring resident loro participated. Col. j}onuvaia.
WHO was for nearly forty yeArB q trader anlun9
the Sioux, explained to the Indians why tue
hotses were not Issued, and they al said show II
to his determination to have ten good horses,
or tho bad ones thrown out. Tho tn-
been d,ns for them before that they slways had
to take "rats" for good horsen. aud that sheir
hearts were very glad that hatter t1nao was il,
! stora for them. Threo hours aftcfwsEd the
| and load soldiers demanding .hat the whoio lot
Of horses be accepted and issued. 1t was sus.
| rcetad at onca that
! THE CONTRACTORS HAD BEEN ''sWEErESlSa TIE
INDIANS,
and Ool. Beauvais accused some OF tho ohiefa
ot tho satna. This they Acknowledged, and It
waa attcrm ards fully proven By ono Ut tho llalt-
6roals who hHd aasisted in this matter.
An answer WAS given to tho effoct that the
horeea would not be accepted under any conssd'
eration save In full compliance With tho con-
tract and shht II they meant to forco things to
all issue tho Commission would pack up and
moya to Camp Isobipson: The indiana were
ito Lii matter in thair own way. and that, WHOM
tho horses had becn received fn proper manner;
they would be issued but in 10 other way. Col
iioauyaiB, being greatly respected by lho In
dlans, mt with obedience to his request,
and the Indiana departed. Meanwhile the con-
tractors set up very mournful howl about hard
times, tho scarcity Of tho "irredcomable," the
time thsy wuuld have 70 Wait for their pay, and
no on to an almost unlimited oxtaut. To al Of
which the Commission said: "Nay-n1l tho cou-
tract with good bosses, take opt the wrecks, Or
we shall reject tho whole ouths and 40 home.'
All the half-breeds and the aeatl-beats mere set
to boating their tom.toms concerning
tue utter nellfshness OF the Commission
in interfering with tho smooth running Of Affairs