The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.52

Inspector James H. Cisney arrived on the reservation to investigate Agent Catlin, and described the despair of the Indians and warned that farming would never succeed on the reservation. He noted that the beef cattle purchased for the Indians had been badly neglected during the winter despite abundant hay available for winter feed, and that cattle were improperly butchered with axes and issued to the Indians in a mangled condition. Cisney found no specific examples of fraud, but confirmed Chief Clerk Livingstone’s drunken habits, who responded by attacking the character of the witnesses against him.

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Thomas Jefferson Morgan reprimanded Agent Catlin for employing his brother Pope Catlin and ordered his brother off the reservation, and dismissed Chief Clerk Livingstone from the Indian Service, but recommended Catlin’s Senate nomination as Indian Agent should not be postponed, and he warned Catlin not to repeat the “pinchbeck” jewelry sales to the Indians. Catlin apologized for the nepotism and jewelry frauds, and declared “my reputation in Montana is sufficient to offset any charges that may be brought against me affecting my character” and requested the return of the vouchers he submitted previously to the Indian Office.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau  
pg.52