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,…