The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.31

"The agency employees feared for their lives if the starving Indians protested their condition. By the winter of 1882 there was a great deal of suffering among the Blackfeet camps due to the failure of Fort Benton contractor T.C. Power to deliver adequate rations as required by his perennial contract for supplying the Blackfeet Agency. Agent Young's complaints about the lack of rations were multiplied by the failure of the Fort Benton contractors to provide acceptable items. T.C. Power had his delivery of flour rejected by Lt. Stouch from Fort Shaw, who noted the shipments were short weighted as well. The agent reported flour urgently needed, supply of beef will be exhausted shortly, Teton County began taxing agency employees. Agent Young requested an additional Congressional Appropriation of $60,000, "owing to the failure of their past support from buffalo and other game, they are now compelled to rely entirely upon this Agency for their supply of food." Agent Young reported he was greatly distressed that his "voucher for expense of trip to Washington disallowed-trip had been approved by Commissioner of Indian Affairs-all my energies were put forth to obtain the supplies for the Indians so urgently needed before the winter."
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.31