The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.33-34

"In large herds, they often consume all the grass in the vicinity of an Indian village. I recommend that an equitable toll be fixed upon each head of cattle so driven across the Revervation. These herds find market at high figures across the border. An unprejudiced Commission might be appointed to fix the rate of toll." Among the cattle herds Inspector Howard had noticed was that of the Benton Cattle Company. The Indian Office investigated charges made by Inspector Howard of the conditions at the Blackfeet Agency, which indicated that goods contracted for delivery in 1880-1881 by Fort Benton contractor T.C. Power were still undelivered, and a shipment of bacon to replace the unshipped beef proved to be contaminated by maggots. In February of 1883 Agent Young exhausted his beef rations but the trespassing Texas cattlemen refused to sell any of their beef to the agency. In May of 1883 Agent Young told the Commissioner of Indian Affairs that there would not be enough rations the next month to prevent suffering among the Indians due to starvation. In June of 1883 Indian Office Inspector Benedict reported the "truly desperate conditions" of the Blackfeet Indians and indicated that many of the Indian children had died during the previous winter from malnutrition related diseases; "there is practically nothing upon this reservation for these people to subsist upon but what is furnished by the government."
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.33-34