Salt Lake Herald | 1890-08-28 | Page 1 | Official Rottenness at Rosebud Agency

Official Kottenness at Rosebud Agency WASHINGTON Aug 27 Tho Indian bureau recently received the report of A T Lea who has been engaged in taking a census of the Sioux tribe of Indians Ho completed the count of tho Indians on Rosebud agency in South Dakota and finds there are 5lbG men women and children located there As the Indian office for the last several years has been distributing rations at the agency on the basis of a population Qr 7500 the natural inquiry arose as to what has become of the 2334 Indians and their rations This query was put to Indian Agent Wright who reporte the number who drew rations and in reply asked to be allowed to take the enumera tion himself At this enumeration only 125 more Indians were found than in Leas S count Thereupon he accounted for the dis crepency by stating that an epidemic among the Indians last year had taken oil a large number The agency physicians however report only 19 deaths aunng the year An investigation will be had Confirmations Colonel J H Baxter surgeon general of thearmy Receivers of public moneys W P Hall Susanville CaIn A C Cable Buffalo Wyo R T Monroe Lewiston Idaho