Department of the Interior,
Office of Indian
Affairs,
June 26, 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 deem the prices excessive, and therefore wish you to ascertain if lower rates cannot be obtained.
Respectfully,
E.A. Hayt
Commissioner
N.C. MEEKER,
Indian Agent,
White River Agency, Colo.
Department of the Interior,
Office of Indian
Affairs,
June 26, 1879
Sir: Agent Meeker, of the White River Agency, Colorado, requests authority to purchase in open market certain articles for use at his agency, and to expend not to exceed $5 in having a field glass repaired, and I have the honor to recommend that the request be granted, the total expenditure not to exceed $115.
Respectfully,
E.A. Hayt
Commissioner
N.C. MEEKER,
Indian Agent,
White River Agency, Colo.
Department of the Interior,
Office of Indian
Affairs,
June 26, 1879
Sir: In reply to your letter of the 15th instant, I have to direct that you charge your vouchers for disbursements under the “sub-heads” of appropriations as set forth in tabular statement of funds mailed to you on the 22d ultimo.
Respectfully,
E.A. Hayt
Commissioner
N.C. MEEKER,
Indian Agent,
White River Agency, Colo.
Department of the Interior,
Office of Indian
Affairs,
June 26, 1879
Sir: I [enclose] herewith a letter received from Agent Meeker, of the White River Agency, Colorado, dated the 15th instant, in which he reports that about twenty acres of wheat have grown at the new location of his agency, this season, and next year a much larger acreage will be sewn; he therefore requests that a thrashing-machine be furnished him, and I have the honor to request that this office be authorized to purchase one, to cost no exceeding $409, and to ship it to said agency.
Respectfully,
E.A. Hayt
Commissioner
The HON. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR