, 1879-01-13

PRICE FIVE Cl*s,s.
Of supplies furnished for tss : ,he Cheyenne
and Asapahoe Agency for/aS Il ycar enllng
wa not ths fsct, - on tie tist day ef the fscal
year there were At that Agency q 100 head Of
tnttlc. aud hcs!t'es there were 1Uoc0o pounds ot
flour lett over, both of which items contributed
u feed tue Indian: during tho following year,
hut were united from all the reports made oil
the subject BY military officers.
Sept. t. 1877, tile commzndant At tha tau1o
Agency reports
THE INDIANS plssAT1a8IEp,
and an outbreak imminent Gen. Pope, fn for
wartl,9 this letter, ssys he feels ashamed Ia
rcpOrt facts 70 often which canuot but be known
to the Interior Department, sntt urges that ar
rangen,.nts he made to sare tiIcac Indiana from
destltution. It IA fact known ~ The Interior
Department that there were sntna 2, 100 hea.1 Ut
cattle IN hat.1 At that ABrncv on Tho 1st nj July
preceding. which was ample to allow four
pounds gross for ever. man, woman, and eiild
to the 18th of September, l'esidcs which thers
wefc iuorc ttan 1o0, ,t00 pounds Of lour.
Sept. IL, Biz III Tue report ot Lieut. Law
ton, ten. Pouc urges that Immediate provision
be made to fsca tacse same Indians by the pur-
chase Of heel uut their ratlons lie obialu-
ed, Rnl nskt !! It is expected that the military
conieel the Indians to stay wlltts they ars aud
fore statcd, It would seem that the danger prs
dIcsed hv Gen+ Pops w. purely Imaginary.
THESE sTATEMEN1s or STARVATION
l'ayc brcn continuous trotM m!ltta,y headquar-
which per:od, n.n! until tie oil. oi September
last, al! the f,HttaHs remained quietly upon
their reservation. md were py no means starved.
Even tlsosc ~ho left d'a not icare because Ut
Chtyennes ~cra led aud accounted for separatc-
j. from thu other lhdlans at that Agency, aud
the report OF the last scar shows that they re-
eeived during tic .cnf ii, ,Oo0 pouh,ls n,orr sup-
rlts tliaa they ~ers entitled to under the
treaty.
TN the 29lll Ut September, 1871, Lieut.. Law
ton went to F"st Rem" - Inspect the condition
oi the Cltcscnnc*, snd be rcported that they
were short vi Fatio.ls. The figures, however.
of Lieut.: l.aw,on arc baseu on unwarran.ablo
assumptions; as. for example. wien i largo
number of ltidtat.s are absent tr,m tue A9tncy
Ut tt1it, that the supplies Ought to be issuett
tue Indian ration cost las urn. ,se,cs testified
brft1c tho Transfer Committee tnat tue ARMY
ratiun cost q tents Der head for the 1900 In
aians Of the t;4escnnc. kiowa, and Wichita
one year. wAercas the appropriations for thcse
AQeitcies were $24UJUO; aud yet. is view Ut
these facts, Ucn. Sheridan considers that
TIE APPROPRIATIONS
made by CpngscsA were sufficient.
On the I'd Ut December. ISL, Lieut.. Lawton
repUrts that the Hour hail bveu short since Ju.Y
preceding. und that the Agent lla1 borrowed
trotu tho tost con'tnsssrs The Aour borrowed
turned, anl was u-"d uliy aud Properly to eover
4 gap in the delivery Ut Hour.
ANOTHER 1TEM
Is the report OF tlr tot1l.LaM.linR officer OF Camp
Supply. Indian Territory Feb. J, ISIS, that ra-
ttU,ls wcru issued to dcatituto 1awnees, Nyrth-
ern and Southern Clityenncs, mud Arapa!oes,
to the HnouDt NJ SHl3s1, and that this issua
was necessary to keep tile lnlliana from starv.
There IL totlIing bearing upOu auy question Of
1ulslnanaisctnent. III While mel " ,uld bu liable
IL II similar arclent III GasS OF IN uusactcsaiul
hunt.
lhc commanding officer at Fort Dodge, KIM,
Sept 10, 1878, states tEat tho tllltarr interiors;
ter. AmuB Chapman. Informed hlni that tho out
LreaS of the Cneycnnes was waut Ut food. The
fact that tile ontbseak ol thu Chsycnnes was
not attributable to lack Of supplies has been
thIs t'ase would nut eutltlo him to Btandux In
aiy rolEt.
sept. 10. 1873, ten. Popc calla attention to 4
taflular statement, showing
LANCE nEFIClENtiEA IN THE SUPPLIES
furnished the Indiana ut thu Cheyenne and
AEapatoe Agency, oN the stEcnKth o: Alaj. Mig
ner's sctlprt tIat eontsaets for bcef anil -four
.ila not n:cnd To furnish ,nore thau two-
,alrda sapolY Tor the ,ear. Mst. stizner sua-
strucscd Its tables On very imperfect datu, aud
III his conelusioas hc greatly 'exaRacsated any
subjeet he states that beef and bacon arc called
inr l,y the treaty; whercus .Ae treaty calls lor
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