The New York herald., 1875-09-22
transaction was viilanous, for the checks which
the Indians received read as follows-
FORT BERTHOLD.
GOOD FOR 25 CTS.
J. W. RAYMOND.


the store his indignation knew bounds and regard
less Of losing his place he walked the establish
ment and demanded an explanation. "Our 50 tickets
were all gone" was the reply and we had to give the
4 Indians the twenty five cent We expect how
| ever, to redeem them with 81 worth Of goods" he
added ''But how you to tell them from those you
have regularly issued P" was the unanswerabe shot,
and there was no reply The man got together what
Indians ne could End and marched them down TO the
store aud there made the trader give each Indian 81
| worth of goods the spot
| Now I ask smith, Deano & Co. what have they to
say TO hatY These simple hearted Indians who live in
houses aud work in their fields cannot forget these
things and they blame fthey fail TO that
the Gospel Of Christ taught by the Oborn graduates
any better than the religion which they find in the
forests and among the silent mountains The gentleman
who made the trader refund is OF Mr. Sperrys
squaw If modern Christianity cannot compete
with heather practices had better go back TO ocuss
and wild honey The memory deacon Beales' daughter
is the blessed thing which ncines the Indian to-
ward the white mans faith at this agency.
WAY
The region around the mouth OF the Little Missouri
River twenty five miles Berthold is noted
fertility and beauty 1t a favorte place for herders
and hay contractors The grasses grow uxurianty,
and the quality is good. certain took a contract
FOR putting up $50 tons of hay there for the agency
Dave Sperry brother of the agent and at time the
boss farmer sent to this hay, that the
contractor might present his voucher and get his pay
He measured it, found all right and reported accord
ingly Now there were four feet of cottonwood logs
in the centre Of that stack and they measured
hay and paid for am positively informed that young
Sperry got $50 for winkng at the fraud for he knew all
about it, and that is why they 'whacked up with him
In fact entry made on certain book showing
that his share this amount
When the Rev E. P Smith investigates some OF these
charges other interesting particulars will probably be
developed in regard this hay transaction. AS the
Indians forced to eat hay that winter they
did suffer for want of it, but the poor cattle did that
wintered there In the cold bitter weather, while
our Christian agent sitting by his fire preparing
his annual report for friend Smith, those cattle starved
The hay fell short forty When the weather was
coldest and the mercury froze in the thermometer,
four feet Of solid cottonwood logs came in view, and
the poor staggering started for the agency
Fierce winds swept the PLAINS ice formed around
their wasted bodies and twenty of them had to be
killed because they too weak to travel Perhaps
at that very hour Mr. sperry saying his prayers
and asking God remember the wrongs Of the Indians
The cottonwood logs paid tor out OF the Indian
Fund the people OF glorious country furnished the
money and a named David Sperry received $50
for permitting the fraud.
wHIrEwAsHISG TAUGHT
The agent was of his frequent trips East
when he heard that the HERALD had its eye on this
relormatory institution Being adoring admirer
and imator of the Rev. e. p. Smith, he demanded
investigation at once Not by the HERALD, not by
United States marshal by any likely to get at
the facts but by an inspector Of the Indian Depart
ment selected do all kinds Of agency whitewashing
with efficacy and despatch. So he buttonhoed In
spector Watkins and brought him to Dakota forthwith
II must have occurred to Brother Sperry that this
fierce desire to have his nquty laid bare to the gaze
Of forty millions of people would parayze his enemies
and gladden. the hearts Of his friends What else could
have prompted him9 Does any stand on the
edge of blazing volcano and call on to vom forthP
Sperry is the last man TO invite destruction. He and
Inspector Watkins understood each other well if
they had run agencies all their lives. They to
Bismarck together. But they did not sing hymns as
Mr sperry did on his first trip to the West
Of course Inspector Watkins must call General
Custer who is opposed robbing Indians and ordering
out the military for protection General Custer has
special detective who has landed several thieves in the
Penitentary where they belong This detective is
quanted with some of the Berthold irregularities"
and when Inspector Watkins around begging for
information he quietly told him where to get it Did
he go? No.
The next place he visited was man in whose house
said to know something about the steamboat that
landed dny or seventy-dve tons Of Indian
GOODS FOR THE Ring STEAL
last fall Mr. Inspector got his whtowash brush and
began operations. He made unusual display
visitors from Bismarck present After getting
statement the effect that the knew nothing about
it; that his team did not pass loaded along deserted
road on certain night that the HERALD correspondent
had found the spot where the boat landed the in
spector intmated that the agent had been wickedy
slandered by his enemies. Now, that had already
made a statement in a Bismarck paper then he gave
I this one and few days afterward he made affidavit
TO a notary public No two of them agree So Brother
watkins time and labor thrown away
1t was at this place that sperry said the HERALD
coming out with damaging disclosures giving pictures
of Raymond Leighton the pirate steamboat that put
off the goods, and the spot where they were landed
near the Counted Woods [He might have added that
a map to be publisheda map of the agency before
It was burned-together with by witnesses
who claimed to have seen Mr.. sperry fire that
he might cover his defacatons and give the post trader
a fresh order for goods.l
For once in his life, Mr. sperry came near the truth
send you the photographs for future reference, and
the map for publication Is 1t any wonder that Ray
mond spcrry Co. want to quit the business?
The inspector had far better chance than to nves-
tlEdJet Oub Sbedu "a bcbhs az e4o hueu anu SohNNB
/ for marshal and handouts, he writes to prominent
that sperry is all right and that with the excep-
ton Of a few Mistakes he has managed the agency
we'll About this time A. C. Leighton, whom have
mentioned in connection with the Belknap and Fort
! Peck frauds, came down the steamer Key West As
the boat drew the landing Mr. sperry and the in
spector appeared and the bank, and Brother
Leighton rushed out to meet them
MATTERS NEED EXPLANATION
when Sperry came to the agency he was poor Now
he has money to lend, did have quite recently To
facilitate he issues checks Ike those OF Ray.
| mond's, only they are more eaboratoly printed and
bear the Signature 81 B. sperry, shown on the one
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