The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.108-109

Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells, who hailed from Texas, wrote Superintendent McFatridge concerning the Report of Supervisor Lipps: “The report of Supervisor Lipps and the record in your case has been carefully considered, and while in the main the Supervisor’s report is favorable, there are several features of record which cannot be overlooked. It appears among other things, 1. That on September 3, 1913, you presented to this Office, in support of an application by your wife, Mrs. Clara McFatridge, for appointment as Financial Clerk, a petition signed by eighteen councilmen of the tribe requesting this appointment; that this application for appointment was made after the Office repeatedly, to wit, August 3, 1910, September 26, 1910, September 29, 1910, January 8, 1912, and April 28, 1913, had told you that she would not be given the place; and once that “it appears that by almost unbroken series of vacancies Mrs. McFatridge has been kept employed by your office and in doing so this Office feels that you deliberately sought to evade its best wishes.” 2. That you yourself wrote, prepared or instigated the petition requesting the appointment of Mrs. McFatridge, and asked an Indian to sign and circulate it. 3. That you have persistently failed or neglected to forward personal record blanks of persons recommended for appointment in excepted positions and written resignations of employees resigning from such places, as required by Circular 562 and 577, and only complied therewith after repeated requests. 4. That you have failed, neglected or refused to answer officials letters from this Office, and in many instances have been guilty of unwarranted delay in answering Office correspondence, details of which were given you in Office letter of July 15, 1913. 5.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.108-109