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DEPARTMENT or THEINTERIOR
u Office Of Indian Affairs. Washington
March 20. lS85.-Sealed proposals. in
dorsed Proposals for Beef (bids for
beef must be submitted in separate envel-
opes,) Bacon, Flour, clothing or Transport
tation. &c. LAS the case may be- and di-
rected TO the Commissioner Of Indian aft
airs, Nos. 65 dnd67 Wo0sfet sfrtef Ne1c
York, will be received until | p. NJ. of Tues
day, Nay 3, 1850, for furnishing for the
Indian service about | ,250, 900 pounds Ba-
con, 40, 600. 900 pounds Beefon the hoof,
$50. 900 pounds Beans, 3 1000 pounds Ba,
king powder, Loco. 600 pounds Corn.
450, 600 pounds Coffee. S.00O,OOO pounds
Flour. $4,000 pounds Feed. $4,000
pounds Hard Bread, Gg, 900 pounds HON
ing. 2j,00O pounds Lard, l.6O0 barrels
mess pork, $4,000 pounds Rice, 1900
pounds Tea. 500 pounds Tobacco. 1870, 900
pounds Salt, $4,000 pounds Soap,
$4,000 pounds Sugar, and 320. 900 pounds
Wheat.
Also Blankets, Modem AMI Cotton
Goods, Consisting in part of Ticking,
10000 yards; Standard Calico. 135.000
yards, Drilling. 5000 yards; Duck, free
from all sizing. 95,00O yards; Denims.
II, 200 yards; Ginghsm. 2l0,0O0 yards:
Kentucky Jeans, 20. O0O yards; 'Cheviot.
4, 800 yards; Brown Shooting, 1876 200
yards; Bleached SheetinR, 5000 yards.
Hickory Shifting. 10000 yards. Calico
Shifting. 5000 yards: Winsey. l.aOO
yards) Clothing. Groceries. Notiors.
Hardware, Medical Supplies, School
Books, &c, and a long list Of miscellan.
eous articles, such rs Harness Plows.
Rakes, Forks, &c. and for about 305 Wa
gons required for the service, to be deliy-
cred at Chicago, Kansas City, and Sioux
City. Also for such Wagons as may be
required, adapted to the climate Of the
Pacific Coast, with California brakes, de
livered at San Francisco. iM HI
Also transportation for such of the ar
t%icles, goods and supplies hat may not be
contracted for. TO he delivered at the
Agencies.
Bids must be made eu, on Govern
MENT BLANKS. 81
Schedules showing the kiuds and quan
titles of subsistence supplies required for
each Agency. and the kinds and quantities
in gross of all other goods and articles, to-
gether with blank proposals. copditions to
be observed by bidders, time and place OF
delivery, terms Of contract. and payment.
transportation routes, aud all other neces
sary Instructions will be furnished npon
application to the Indian Office at Wash
ington. or Nos. 60 and e. UoOster street.
N1o lorh; VIM. II. Lyon, No. 49,
Broadway. New York: the Commissarics
of subsistence, u. s. A. at Cheyenne.
Chicago. l.eavenworth, Omaha, st. Louis.
st. Paul. and San Francisco; the Post
masters at Souix City, and Yankton;l and
70 the Postmasters at the following named
places in Kansas. Arkansas City, Burling
ton, Caldwell. Dodge City, Emporia, En-
reka, Great Bend, Howard, Hutchinson.
Larned, Mcpherson, Marion. Medicine
Lodge, Newton. Usage City, Sedan. Ster-
ling, Topeka, Wellington, Wichita, and
Winfield.
Bids will be opened at the hour and DAY
above stated, and bidders are invited Ia
be present at the opening.
CERTIFIED CHECKS.
All bids must be accompanied by eerti-
fed checks upon some United States De
! pository or the National Bank of los An
geles, Cal, for at least fire per cent ofthe
amount ofthe proposal
]. d. c. ATKINS, Commissioner.