Special to the Herald
Department of the Interior
Office of Indian Affairs,
June 3, 1879
Sir: At a recent awarding of contracts for supplies for the Indian service, no proposals to furnish your agency with 20,000 pounds of oats and 1,500 pounds of salt were received, and now N.W. Wells has made a proposition to deliver to your agency said quantities of oats and salt at $8.35 and $9.90 per 100 pounds respectively, but I…