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Show REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. XXIII the system of issuing rations to heads of families and indiriciual In-dians, anti that the soldier element of the tribe had at first compelled their momen to place in one pile the supplies which had been dealt to them, and having taken to themselves the lion's share, left the rest to be divided as they saw fit. He states that they have always been defiant, claimed that they dici not enter into the agreement of September 26, 1876, and said that they vonld remain at the agencj- as 1c111g as they chose, and no longer; that they have been a great tlrawl~aclr to the anlrance~~leoif~ tth e rest of his Indians, and havecliupleasecl those of the Norther11 Chej-e1111es ~ h stoill remain at the agency. He denies i n toto the stateluents which hare been made, that for lack of provisions they have been obliged to eat diseased meat, and affirms that there mas really no good cause for dissatisfaction on their part. As it has been ohwged thitt they were dissatisfied, and left the agency on account of scant rations and to avoid imminent starvation, a few facts co~lcerni~t~heg subsistence supplies vhich hare been fimished to them .rrill not be amiss. The per diem ration due to each man, woman, and chili1 under the treaty is: Beef, 1s ponnds, net (or 3 pounds, gross), or in lieu thereof, a pound of bacon; flour, 6 pound; corn, + pound; and for each 100 rations, coffee, 4 po1111c1s ; sugar, 8 pounds ; and beans, 3 pounds j this is more than wfEeient for the ample sustenance of any communitg in the Cnited States. Exclutling Indians upon the hunt there has been at the agency between the time of their first arrival, Angust 5,1877, and the time -hen the Dull-Knife party left the agency, Septen11)er 7, 1878 (a period of 398 days), an average of 860 Indians. They were entitlea to the following qnantities of supplies: Beef ................. 1,016,840 ponnd~. Flour ................ 171,140 " Corn ................ : 171,140 " Coffee ............... 13,7!25 " Sngm ............... 27,450 " Beans ................ 10,294 " Total ............ 1,4.50,589 ' I There mas dealt out to tlleludnring the time mentioned the follo\~iug: Beef ................. 1,242, ,208 pol~nds. Bnoon and larc1 ....... 20.016 " Flour ................ 157,060 " Corn ................. 18,190 " Coffee ............... 10,425 " Sngar ................ 20,950 " Salt ................. 2,272 " Soap ................. 2,297 " Hominy .............. 14 " Tobneea ............. 994 " Baking powller. ...... 894 " Total ............ 1,475,320 " There Tere due them by treaty 1,420,580 pounds of subsistence sup-plies, and there hare been dealt to them 1,475,320 poc~nclso, r a snrplus of 54,731 poumds. This statement disposes of all the clamor that. has been cnrrent during the year that these Indians did not receive rations to the amount to mhich they vere entitled nuder tlle treaty. The treaty requires that ' l r~t ionss hall in a11 eases be issued to the |
