New-York tribune., 1875-08-09
THE INDIAN SERVICE.
IMPORTANT EVIDENCE OF FRAUD.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BRANDED BY TIE INSPECTOR
EXPOSED FOR SALE AT sIDSEY-CORREsPOND-
ENcE WITH COMMISSIONER sMITH-THE BEEF
CONTRACTS.
lfRoA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
CHEYENNE. w. T., Aug. 1.-The Commission has
begun TO elicit tangible evidence of the most i'm
portant character. The principal witness thus far
formally examined is Mayor A. X Long, U. S. A.,
formerly inspector of -four at Cheyenne for the Red
Cloud, Spotted Tail, and Shoshone Agencies.
His statements are of the most positive character,
and are very damaging to the contractors for
flour and others who participated in the handling or
examination of the same. Major Long Is bluff,
frank officer and he gave his testimony in straight
forward manner. His testimony related manly to
the bad quality Of the samples Of -four furnished by
the Indian Department. the still worse quality of the
flour which the contractors attempted TO impose
upon him; their hostility to his inspection; the pas
sage OF flour through Cheyenne without its being
submitted to him for inspection the sale Of Indian
Department flour, which had been shipped to Red
Cloud Agency for the Indians at the grocery stores
OF Sidney, Wyoming; the attempts Of the Govern
ment stOrekeeper, Palmer brother-n-law of Sayile
to Influence his inspection Of bad flour intended for
the Shoshone Indians; the action of Barclay White,
the Superintendent of Indian Affairs at Omaha, in
passing flour which he major Long was afterward
obliged to reject, relnsPectng it at Cheyenne.
Prof. Atherton of Rutgers College, New Brunswick
N.J one OF tie Commissioners appointed after the
departure Of Mcssrs. Fletcher Harris, and Faulkner
from New-York, arrived here yesterday and partici-
patcd in the investigation The Commissioners
have been expecting Senator Howe and have waited
for him. If he does not arrive to-day they will set
out for Fort Laramie and Red Cloud tomorrow.
TESTIMONY OF BosTwIck AND DUNN.
At the investigation yesterday, Bostwck, the store
-.
business. He did not know anything OF the details the
quantity or quality ~ sealed packages such rs boxes,
bales sacks. " which opened ny him
he had to freight charges goods intended
for the Indians whcA detained account OF Nc
Cams negligence paying the Agent Savile gave
notice 10 thG witness that Hour necessary for the Red
Cloud Agency, AMI witness informed d. j. McCann and
the contractor o! the agents wants; this ios had been
here two weeks, and should have been delivered
time before.
Richard Dunn, teamster. testified that lie had been
freghting for three years between Red Cloud and Camp
Carin had conveyed Indian goods to Red Cloud for Me-
Cam; sometimes had return freiehs OF hides for Mr..
Walter. trader at Red Cloud never had auy other
turn reiehs last Winter iIehted some received 81 SO
per 100 pounds throuahOlt last from Cheyenne to
point IN going to Red Cloud took the Old road did not
know anything about the road Hammond surveyed carts
the route witnes took he believed to he iger than the
mail route through the sand hills OF the mail road would
n
route, bat would not do for freight i is about $50 miles
from CHEYENNE to Red Cloud by ire riso route It gen
orally took one month to 60 10 Rcd Cloud and return.
provided the weather was good
MAJOR LONGS TESTIMONY.
Major A. X. Long appeared before the Commission and
gave hr statement of the facts which had come tohis
knowledge officially and otherwise. He said that lie
stationed at Cheyenne depot early in September 1874,
he had received appointment and instructions from
the War Department inspect the -four INTENDED for the
Rcd (Iuul ShOshone AGENCIES.
time he ASSUMED his duties, he caused William L. Coakley
be appointed sub-nspector, as he was honest and
capable 4; S. H. Palmer then the sorckeeper at
Cheyenne; he made reuistion the storekeeper for
the samples which 10 be used in the in
spccton OF the flour intended for the Indians,
on the contract Of James II. Martini considerable -four
had already been shipped on this account by L. j.
McCaun; there ~ sacks remainins in the store.
AMI having examined them, witness rejected them. say
ing the time 10 the storch"cper, Do nt ship this
aour, it is bad and as an he inspestor reject IL"
ths As 900 pounds of flour to be shipped to
the shoshone Indians; witness went Though the
ts.s cnsd "i'' the Whole o, attcr%ard When it was
placed that he could examine it with more care, he
rejected part and accepted part the latter was O.
better quality and he understood that the Indians were
Keeper came to him aud asked possible way
in which you viii GLOW this flour 10 pass; "ltne.s took
1s as an S % Trrd Rta sony S sr m not nes Is
equal TO the sample will pass no Hour thst is not up TO
the s:nnl!e;" tic sample w'ts poor enough,
sanple came from Mr.. Palmer; witness stiii had
possession OF IL; he afterward inspected mere
iour Oh the Martin contract; IL OF better arade;
Of II was superior TO the sample anu sonc ner,ol
hut the whole made fair average the sample iurnisnen
by the Indian department was a very lner,or % " M
grade !" the contract nour for the Red Cioud Agency
very poor indeed; bread could not be nadc OF M ;
witness that -four passed through cheyenne to tue
Indian Agencies without being insiectedst least py
Lin his assistants; he came tQ know ms from the
fact that the stoTekeepr P.iIner had % informed nun
knew shat H. had only Inspected portloh oI ne amour.
required; with view to obtaining oros ID tue lnattef
his deputy sent the following letter to the ihdlah Dc
psrtmc Mt: c,rvvx,y ,-or N ,s1t
J,, Fpw ,Rp r. SMiY H. ~ Ioiian (OmmsloasT bdstiHJ-
si@' have the hror to state ihat Mr $ II Palmer In.
been received as por his contract o Je00J0 ronnd das
S%ly pT,a III Womb Womb spectuy @ resl Se,her
am Any Oh sad c1iiic. sloud Il oe oioie'
\@! '''p'''''' '''' " h. CC1kLEr Inspector.
Witness also knew that oir winch had been inspected
by hm and shipped TO Red Cloud Asen'y bcafng M oIs
stencil brand aftcrTari ~ 'oNefch NJ 0luh't e@
PTncy 10, Ie cnG not tc it might have hecn brought
there by the Indians who had received it at the ked
Gland kgrry and then taken 1t Ia sidney Tor sale some oi
40 I,, g3,r Ind been brought by II. ". Moore for
merly clerk 10 Indian Agent Daniels ana al,rrwnfu a
siofekeeper at chey.ne vF ,G no sSoantt,n Of the
massage of -four through Cheyenne without MS luSe
through and thAt. coipled with the notification ..
Iai,ncI nccd MIN that II w%s iaot "l'HcSs S'u'
the following communication 10 ""shihg''h'
The len P. SMITH. I@do" co""'A'o"e'' 'aS""'
ii ear rs,sn m Dr aeTs without r.st. aaEdGf s1f
II nspeci Is he 50 "i"'l1SL a; ny 1.issin
Vi a" '"''i''' e ANpgEw X LDsG, CAPTAIN, C. ;.
In reply he received the following;
WASHINGTON. u. C., Oci. 2.
r,u, ANnsrW n Long, ChSg,HEf INehty hNe huhli'N
~ IN ~ ri,us contract hay been inspected at Omaha
Your thorough "SP''' Epwiso p SMITH, Commissioner.
Win re1ard 4, the sale of the Indian Jur at SdhSy,
,,nr Lad iI witness that he had bonsht 100 cks io
Van Ta~.e and could have bought great dtil nlre
, .s,,.d in all fine fa1ks double, netting ABOUT
g nouuds: never saw sacks OF hour run as 10 az -
vi,u lie first began Tie Inspection oi Hlui nc
vas under TO Instructions to weigh Dut al'eF he
cor fnry to work he weighed an tue sdehs, a. 90 py
7..yed tiat Palmer approached him InO~ u,FoG6n
ignoraucc than anything else; falhcr s"iu tnn'
Dr Irwin wanted tine hodr 10 60 th'ousn' ,
s The indians word destitute AMI needed 10; Di irwin