White River Agency, Colorado.
August 11, 1879
Sir: You have allowed $400 for skilled labor of millwright; the grist-mill you buy yourself. Now, I find no man willing to come unless his wages are allowed from the day he starts; also his transportation and his board while here; and the wages is from $3.50 to $4 a day. A man whom I know is a first-class workman, for he has put up the best mill in…