Special to the Herald Times
Department of the Interior, Office of Indian
Affairs, Jan. 2, 1879.
Sir: I have the honor to request that authority be granted for the purchase by this office, at the lowest attainable rates, of 2,000 25-pound paper-sacks, to be used by Agent Meeker, of the White River Agency, Colorado, in making issues to the Indians under his care.
Very Respectfully,
E. A. HAYT,
Commissioner.
The Hon. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, January 3, 1879.
Sir: The honorable Secretary of the Interior has approved your action, reported by your letter of the 9th ultimo, in buying in open market certain articles enumerated in said letter to the amount of $40.72, this purchase being rendered necessary by an exigency.
Very Respectfully,
E. A. HAYT,
Commissioner.
N.C. MEEKER,
Indian Agent, White River Agency, Colorado.
White River Agency, Colorado
January 6, 1879
Sir: I send you by this mail an estimate of the funds required for the first quarter, 1879, and I beg an early response to the same, because I am in doubt as to the amount which has been charged to the sum of $3,000 placed on credit for the “removal of the Utes”. If the sum now on hand of $1,172.46 can be used it will be sufficient; if not, I must ask for, say, $1,200, since without it the irregular employees will not be provided for.
Respectfully,
N. C. MEEKER,
Indian Agent.
HON. E.A. Hayt, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington, D.C.
