The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-09-04
WASHINGTON MINIS
STARVATION STARING At THEM.
No Mofs ola naE. Tr"m rurope for 'ssH
rres-I-po ~ ,"nsr' - Postponed
on Acro 81 ~ cholera Ma
tionsi D.bt deduction,

WAsHISoIOF, Aug. %, In regard /,
the reports of tho distressed condition
Of the Piegan Indians, Acting C0mmir'
sloner Stevens to-day stated that th,
Indian office IN In no wise to blame fol
the condition Of affairs. A. the las
session ~ Congress tho Commissioner
requested an appropriation az sT6lON fnl
the maintenance of these Indians, Thls
amount Was, in the opinion OF the
bureau, the smallest nm that would
suffice for the purpose, hut Tho House
cut the estimate down Ia siO,O0O, The
senate Increased the appropriation "a
t50,OOo, and this money, although used
Ia the hest advantage, N not enough "a
feed the Indians during the year. on
August ll'h Agent Allen made the fol
lowing report upon the subject;
Under date of June ith, 1881, ] wrote
va Office. reviewing tho estimate for
supplies made by my predecessor, John
Young, for the year ending june 30th,
1886, and showed that tho amount oi
meat estimated for was only one.fourth
the quantity required and flour only
about one-third the quantity required.
lie asked Tor 5Op,OcV pounds OF beef
nave been purchased, less than
onc.ifth rNtiOns ~ less than five ounces
PER daN for each person. The ilour pur-
chased for ia" current fiscal year gives
less than six ounces per day Ia onch Der'
sun. ON such allowance, having moth
ing else. how could they avoid starving?
| photographed you | have supplies tor
present needs. III were 10 divide 1000
pounds of beef gross by iifty'two,
number Of weeks In u year, and issue only
that amount. the needs would not be
t...t. tam 4 am t-.tinaF mana than that
and will continue to do - while have
II on hand, for these Indians shall not
die oi starvation while | have anything
10 Civ" them. II the supply rum out the
responsibility may rest whore II belongs.
Al present there ~ "A great abundance Of
berries, and these help TO prevent star
walton, Tor the Indians gather
and eat them In great guam,
bc gone, and then thcr. will he no hing
hut meat and flour. j, should be horne
in mind that ut no time since | assumed
charge of this agency has there been a
single pound ~ rice, beans, hominy,
oatmeal or anything of that kind to give
the Indians. Do you wonder that IL IL
reported that they are %starvings In
May and June there were times when
they stripped trees and ate the bark 10
keep their souls and bodies together,
anu dil lHf tliilt tH'N were DtHklnp loT
food. at one time issued over 2O.OOO
pounds of bacon that had not reccipted
for, and that had been condemned b.,
the Bosrd Of Survey. ! would never
have done SO had they not been in u
>iarv M condition. Just now they arr
not suffering, but in IA short time the bor-
ries will he gone and the supplies will
he run low, and the carpenter will again
he kept busy making burial boxes, un-
Less something can he done in tho way
of getting them additional food.
The Acting Secretary of the Treasury
has issued the following circular: No
lice is hereby given that the unloading
ii old rags arriving AT ports of the United
States + ON foreign ports on and after
he lat prox. is prohibited for three
months from hat date.
a cablegram was to-day received ut
the post-oifice department. announcing
tie postponement until February q
If the international Postal Congress,
which WAS to have assembled ut Lisbon,
Portugal, on October lst. The postpone
ment was probably made on account a.
the existence of cholera guarantees in
southern Europ,.
1t IN estimated that the decrease ia
the public debt during August, will
reach S9,OOO,UD.