The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.38-39

Starving Indians fed maggot infested bacon
Newly appointed Blackfeet Agent, Major Allen, reported to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Washington D.C.:  "I have the honor to report that I have taken up and issued two thousand, one
hundred and twelve (2012) pounds of bacon that had been condemned by my predecessor.  This action was taken for the following reasons:  My supply of bacon was exhausted and I had no beef to issue; the ration of flour was necessarily small, not sufficient to sustain life of itself; the Indians were already suffering from lack of sufficient food and under the circumstances I felt that it was absolutely necessary for me to do something that was in my power to prevent further suffering and the loss of life by starvation.  I examined the bacon mentioned and found that much of it could be used if carefully separated from the bad.  I had it assorted and by cutting it up in small pieces and selecting only that which was passably good, I secured the amount mentioned and issued it as appears on my weekly supply report.  The exigencies of the service demanded this action on my part.  I hope you will approve the course I took." Agent Allen visited the Indian tents and found provisions in only two, "All bore the marks of suffering from lack of food, but the little children seemed to have suffered most; they were so emaciated that it did not seem possible for them to live long, and many of them have passed away."  In November of 1884 Agent Allen received a request from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to send the "death sticks" an Indian body count gathered from the various Blackfeet camps notched with the numbers representing the Indian deaths resulting from starvation to Washington D.C. and to give the names of the different Blackfeet camps from which they came."
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.38-39