The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau pg.102

This he was refused by Supt. McFatridge, but was ordered to go to the ditch and work and told he was physically fit to do so. He is an old man, his eyesight failed him, he has but one arm, which was broken so badly he amputated it himself, but despite of all these physical defects, he has been all of his life a hard and willing worker. He was awarded a monthly ration of one slice of bacon, sufficient for one meal, and one hundred navy beans, and they counted out the beans. It is based on these rations that the superintendent feels justified in sending his report to the effect the Indians are in a prosperous condition.

Wolf Plume addressed the Convention of the Association of American Indians in Denver held October 14^th to 20^th of 1913, and made certain charges against Superintendent McFatridge, accusing him of mal-administration of the affairs of the reservation, and in a general way denounced him as an unfit person to administer the affairs of the Blackfeet Indians and gave an outline of the deplorable state of affairs. Upon his return to the reservation, McFatridge immediately sent the agency police to bring him to his office, where he endeavored to cause him to repudiate the statements made before the convention. In this case, however, he was unsuccessful. He openly boasts that he cannot be removed and seems to pride himself in his ability to ward off an investigation of his dirty administration.

Robert Hamilton was successful in sparking another Indian Office investigation of Superintendent McFatridge when Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells of Texas sent Supervisor Lipps to the reservation and warned him not to give the superintendent advance warning of his arrival, nor was he to enjoy the personal hospitality of the agent’s household as other Inspectors had done. Lipps reported Robert Hamilton was a known horse thief who had initially been selected to go to Washington in 1912, concerning the loss of Blackfeet lands prior to 1887, and the enactment of the Indian Allotment Act passed by Congress designed to “pulverize the tribal mass” into individual Indian allotments, as a part of the United States Government Indian Assimilation Policy.
-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau  
pg.102