In conclusion we
most urgently request, Mr. Secretary, that some action be taken at once
according to our suggestion herein, and which will relieve our present pitiable
condition, Very respectfully yours, (signed) May, 1913, Curley Bear, Wolf
Plume, Big Springs, Split Ears, John G. Ground, Dick Kipp, John Hunsburger,
Orrie Hagerty, George Pablo, Irvin Little Plume, Takes Gun, James Bad Marriage,
Louis Monroe, Weasel Head, Tom Jackson, Louis Bear Child, Boss Ribs, Victor
Chief Coward, Tom Bear, Harry Wolf, Tallow Ashley, John Shorty, Frank Bostwick,
Perry Spotted Bear, John Running Fisher, Good Gun, Eagle Child, Mike Big Lake,
Lazy Boy, Earnest Cut Finger, Bad Marriage, Joe Eagle Child, Frank Monroe,
Virginia Billedeaux, Black Weasel, Chief White Calf, Bear Head, George West
Wolf, Paul Many White Horses, Short Face, Alonzo Skunk Cap, Peter Oscar, John
Old Chief, Baptiste West Wolf, Antoine Monroe, Charles Running Wolf, Sam Oscar,
Joe Bull Shoe, John Whiteman, Night Shoot, Blackfeet Child, Roderick Many
Hides, Old Ground, David Red Head, Bird Rattle, Stingy, White Grass, Nelson
Henault, First Shoot, James Ground, James Stingy, Mike Oscar.
Peter After Buffalo states that in December, 1913, his
daughter, Agnes, took sick and as she was getting worse and there was no
employment to be had and his means were exhausted, he went to Supt. McFatridge
and asked him to issue him a ration ticket, so that the child might be provided
with food and to prolong her life, if it could not be saved; that he and his
family were in destitute circumstances, but he was refused, and his little
daughter died; his mother-in-law, an aged woman was taken with sickness and
lack of food hastened her death; that his son Billy then took sick, that he
again appealed to the superintendent for a little support, but he was told he
had horses he could sell for the purpose of providing for his family. His son
died in March.-The Sacred Buffalo Vision by Robert J. Juneau and Robert C. Juneau
pg.100-101
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