Rev James H Wilbur  Goldendale WT My Dear Brother  I think we can straiten out all those suspensions except the followning for the explanation of which I can find no data viz        4th Qr 1875       Dropped from Returns as    sold to Employees    3 axes       60 blankets. 15 pr boots 2 Neat Cattle. 20 lbs candles       21 cups  amp; saucers 64 lbs Coffee 46 yds Denim, 22 yd Jeans       3 Kettles 30 Knives  amp; forks 46 yds Linsey 120 yd Cabot A.       6 tin plates 24 plates. 11 pr pants  amp; overalls 1 pail 72 yd       worsted Plaids 30 lb rice 478 lb sugar 1 bbl Salmon 12       spoons 16 yds Stripes  amp; plaids 1 pr shoes 37 shirts. 3 gal syrup       1 lb Tea. 26    yd Tweeds   The articles enumerated       above are not found upon abstract of articles          sold to Employes 4th Qr 1875    forwarded by Agent       in reply to original Suspensions   received Dec       4th 1877     Do you remember anything about  those explanations?   Were the articles above Specified issued to Indians in payment  
        for labor   Book of Receipts and Disbursements does not exactly agree with this list of articles   Do you think an affidavit of yourself, and one other employee who was here at that date, and whose name is on list of Employees   that these articles were   to the best of your knowledge and belief sold to Indians in payment for labor performed for the Agency   would do, and if so where is the proper employee to apply to?   I see Mr  Headly of Walla Walla and Bro Powell were both on roll of employees at that date   would it not be better to submit affidavits from both    I have made some certificates to which Mr Headley   s certificate name is necessary   Please  write and ask him to sign and return them to you   I enclose an addressed envelope for him to send the certificates back    Excuse  hare    All send regards  Very Truly  JH Fairchild I do not write Mr. Headly myself not knowing him   I do not know his address   written upside down in top margin  You can use your own judgement about asking Mr Headly to make affidavit to issue of these articles to Indians    if you write the affidavit please name all the articles and quantity in the affidavit   I will make out all other papers  
        These articles are suspended as not being property accounted for   There is no question of the fact that they were honestly expended and issued, but they are not certified to in proper form to remove suspensions EK Miller the Carpenter being dead, Mr Headly   s certificate will be sufficient  Yakama March 8th 1883  JH Fairchild