The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-21


ststes. reply to addressed BY you to him sPply,
Ing for the trading poet At Fort Peek the ahsnnccO OF
which was mat he had given orders for no more raainf
lie dld not know what that .posi at Fort PEG was
worthY Al dont think ever showed th"' 10
Q-Hed you evcrs letter Of that Kind in Tour posses
q1-naayc soS got It .iiliP A.Ac. 49,, ,,r>
hss ysg ans DATE Al 'q mG. have AVE
%" Wiz 'imc ~ ls7i7 A-rmmk it h;p'' have been
IHIs tne oniy letter you had from me Pfc'
dem Of Ne United states rcatinE to post ued'r'"r
q. -Hfey "a positive on that subjeci2 A-TGml he
%, aid p 20 sf, ysS S tf .i9cafS AB,cas
Wv H. ittnS he 6ro.e 70 YOU nat there sete Va
lin fof one Al spoke to hun about previous to
o-Ru, after he wrote to you that there were yacsn
cles. Gid you obtain one? AYES, airs obtained
o-ls that the only oner A.-standing Rock also.
II came out that DURFEE and PECK,
who formerly controlled the trading posts
which ORvIL GRANT obtained, were re-
moved in order to provide for the Presi-
dents brother. On this point lie was
asked:
Odd the Prcsiden, notify you before Or si,sr they
were reinovedP A.-iWtnk ne hofVtsd me hey were
I isel, YOU'D So ss Of specify
ing ths p9sisS 80 Lgr So as J'eet,c' BE- ga;
q bid he specify Fort i,elEnapY Al am not sure
w " he SS specify ny o,her.Y A"i @6I 4. specifics
Standing RocE.
| 1t thus appears that the President not
| only interfered Ia these various trader
ships. but that he took pains to inquire
| into their value, and then wrote his
brother ORvIL on the subject. That letter
was used as the basis of ORvTL's bargains,
and it has been conveniently destroyed"
| lie informed him also when removals were
TO be made at the posts, and exhibited n
concern about them which is not TO be ex-
planned On any other theory than that Of
| personal interest
OF the firm of DURFEE & PECK, the latter
alone survives. DuRFEE died in 1874 The
Rev. Mr.. KALLocH, who figured in various
scandals in New England, and more re-
Gently in Kansas, was with DURrEE in his
last illness. and conducted his correspond
encc. 1t is known that on his death bed, n
demand was made for money growing out
of these traderships which went 10 BAD
COCK, the Presidents late secretary, and
was shared with his brother, the present
Surveyor-General of Kansas The testi-
mony OF c. h. PECK sheds much light on
this jobbery, as will be seen by the follow
ing extracts. After explaining that the
business of his Arm was 10 transport goods,
aud that they held various post trader
ships under the old law, and were also In
dian traders he was asked:
Q-Dld the Secretary of War tell you WHY you were
re eyed From Fort suly. lie .aii !, wa no
cS iSeadeai GR,sr. ArnKY had been eiesk in me
once d C. W. Bsp.9S OF hs9,as
Fort suy wss one Of tne 9est posts We had he ord
10 about 'Au "Ou'o
ever Ps,k 10 ATHT INTO on asnr TS,
AriEY. He was man without means.
drawn np NJ .' BsRcS eSR'Ae'' An was WAS
Odd you know from any other source the Influence
SSsex "sS Va, se ESt l between AS ana
self that en- BABoocK got him the place.
ysII RaSSs F1 as
.o7whst vas me value "a that po., 70 your firm
NQ.1W@st wa. standing ESss sor.6' K'-A6odt the
''c'e DO YOU know wio SSs intere.ed with BoSvA.
POS ,A:-Aeihiag fs,tl'r hag OWL GRASI.
60 s S al Sf s1H SS oSrG s
Charges sgsinst he trm Of DvRFEE PICK. The
yoked By ~ o,asrof I.sHtsHi GRANT that he had ne
ieenng in nc matter ou.;tha y =, a. not e o. 1sgd
o-Do you know Of DrUrE ever receiving a iG, !er
cocK was In Chicago when DrRFFK MAS on ms VA,
protect our For saily As Nr. ATIFY wa
sos Ba se n9 soS Endorse his 20
declined to DO IT, out SAID would endorse the boy
hesysnworth il va TO pay ARMY ii oo year II,
va. rot :, claim any as5e. IL "a, 70 9g'qs 9 "a
nat TAes us cum a.f .gre,r y aaAs ,Sm,itaac
O. nov much lid he demand? A-s75o a quarter
We paid II for three quarters.
| De-. co. toe o. hot 10
nation, issued nj that time by the Pres
dent, extending the boundaries of th'
Great Sioux reservation, enhanced The
value Of the posts on that reservation
Cheyenne and Standing Rock were on tn,
Great Sioux reservation. The effect o
the proclamation was 10 drive away al
competition from those trading posts
o-Do Won know the reasons which induced the issr
ance OF the prOclamauonP Alt was general under
siooi gu there that It was through the influence q
o 10 elose out competition? Ayes. cir; Which
If the President was not directly inter
= ested In this business, all the ordinar.
signs are at fault He set the whole schem
in notion gave the orders at the War ant
Interior departments; found out the valu
of the posts and agencies; issued procla
nation enlaraing their area, and then pu
his brother ORvIL in the vacancies create
by his own act! BABcOCK, who saw thes
proceedings, was quick enough TO folloN
the example. and himself blackmailed on
of the best posts by putting boy clerk /
as trader uominally, so as TO make lev
upon DuRFEE 4 PECK. He collected hi
blackmall through letters addressed to hi
; brother, the Surveyor-General Of kansas
TO his own care ut the White House. Fror
the President down to the Inspector in
Custom House, plumber was the order c
the day; and he who stole most wa
y the most respected and cherished at til
u White House.
The Exact Truth of II.