Message From The President Of The United States, Transmitting A Response To A Resolution Of The House Of February 3, A Report Of Lieutenant-Colonel Merritt, Of The Ninth Cavalry, Charged By The Secretary Of War With The Duty Of Making Inquiries Into The Causes Of The Exhaustion Of The Appropriation For The Support And Subsistence Of Sioux Indians For The Present Fiscal Year

ULYSSES S GRANT

Publication: Government Printing Office, 1876, Washington

First Edition. Disbound. 8pp. House of Representatives. 44th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 145. Merritt's report multiple causes starting with an under-allocation of actual needs, combined with claims that the deficiency is caused by feeding visiting Indians who belong to other agencies and also some of the "northern wild tribes". Fine.

Inventory Number: 49942