8 Superintendent Waterman   s defalcation amounts to  30500 all of which I have saved to the Government. In Feb. 1879, 5493  Pi-utes prisoners were sent to Yakama These Indians have received within two  years not less than  14,000 over and above all appropriations for them There is to-day upon Yakama Reservation over 23,000 head of stock cattle belonging to the Indian Department.   I point to these things with pride and respectfully ask,   original letter cut at this point; glued-on portion in pencil follows   that all my accounts together with the report of Inspector Pollock be taken up and examined at  the earliest day practicable  Very respectfully  Your obd servant   cut portion of original letter follows   If, with the 20 years labor of my wife and myself in demonstrating beyond question that the Indians can be civilized, and in building up a repu- tation upon which no blot has ever ob- tained, if I am to be slandered and my fair name blackened by innuendoes and insinuations of a man who goes upon my agency in my absence. I am conscious having done no wrong thing  
        These questions were asked of two other Indians with like results. This was in first council held, I assert that the names of neither of these Indians  of whom these questions were asked were upon the paper. Pollock held in his hand. I am aware that I am making a grave charge against Inspector Pollock, but I am prepared to make it good, while I declare such action disqualifies any man for holding a position of so much influence for good or evil. 4th He next declared that there were more Government cattle on the reservation than were shown upon the papers. Taking  council with the dissolute, and unreliable Indians, he ordered all the cattle upon the reservation gathered at one point and em- ployed sixty men to proceed to execute this at once, promising to give to each,    one or more cows.    The acting agent  
        for so much responsibility. 5th Inspector Pollock has promised  Indians to return in may or June next and issue to them all the Department stock. I submit that if this should  be done, one year from that time white men would own half or more of the 2,200 head of cattle now in the Department herd 6th   Inspector Pollock has done great damage to the Indian and the agency and to the cause of Indian civilization, in this, that he has said to them that    they need not work for the goods and machinery, charged to them. That my whole course had been wrong; that the    Great Father    did not know how things were at Yakama. In calling around  him the sore-heads and disaffected men, white and Indians, listening to their complaints and in his whole bear- ing creating the impression, that I was  
        defrauding the Indian and the Government. I submit that his  visit to Yakama has interposed many obstacles to the advancement of Indians. I respectfully ask  that Inspector Pollock   s orders be countermanded. If this be not done, I am unwilling to return to Yakama as Indian Agent, I  refer especially to the order that Indians shall not be required to work for the goods and subsistence they obtain from the Government 2d Also that all the stock cattle shall be issued pro-rata.  3d Also, That the Indians shall not be required to pay in labor for the goods now charged to them upon the books of the Agency.  
        4th I respectfully ask that a general order be issued which shall retore as far as possible, the condi- tion of things at Yakama at the time of Inspector Pollock   s entry thereupon; but especially an order or letter to Indians at Yakama that shall restore in them the con- fidence and respect they have hitherto entertained for me. A letter that shall give me as Agent, undisputed con- trol and authority over the business and Indians of Yakama Agency  Permit me to quote from a letter received by me from J H Fairchilds dated January 20, 1881,     Pollock told Miller that speaking as a man   not as an officer, he  would bet that you never came back as Agent.     In conclusion I have to say that  
        I believe the explanation I have  made will be sufficient to relieve Yakama from the embarrassments into which it has been thrown by Inspector Pollock   s unwise, imprac- ticable, and dangerous insinuations and orders. If they are not suffi- cient I demand a thorough and impartial investigation by a practical and unprejudiced commission of gentlemen. If discord, insurrection and blood shed follow Inspector  Pollock   s visitation, I shall not be surprised. His hand has sown  the seed not mine.   Very respectfully  Your obt servant,   James H. Wilbur   U.S. Indian Agent  
        to earn their own living. I call your attention to the fact that through the failure of Superintendent Waterman in 1866 Yakama Agency lost  7238.75, That  10,834.34 hasd been returned, unex- pended balances to the Treasury of the United States. I further call your atten- tion, that I have saved to the Depart- ment from sources that have not usually been turned to the government, lareg sums of money. For grazing  14,991.00, for hides  2,497.87. Sale of oxen  795, Lumber  146. Articles fabricated or raised  2573 830. Subsistence employees  2573, forage and fuel for the U.S. Army  1438    The whole aggregating to  23,272. which  added to Superintendent Waterman   s defal-  
        cation amounts to  30,500   all which  I have saved to the government. In Feb. 1879, 543 Pi-utes, prisoners, were sent to Yakama. These Indians have received within 2 years not less than  14,000 over and above all appropriations for them. There is today upon Yakama Reser- vation over 2300 head of stock cat- tle belonging to the Indian Depart- ment. I point to these things with pride and respectfully ask, If, with Thus all the 20 years labor of my wife and my self in demonstrating beyond question that the Indians can be civilized, that the Indians can be civilized  
        and assent that I have labored accordingly, and in all things honestly for the wel- fare of the people placed in my charge. I ask fairness and justice in the in- spection of my administration and by the fact let me stand it or fall. I respectfully submit for your careful  consideration a few facts in connection with Inspector Pollock   s visitation to Yakama Agency asking for unprejudic- ed review of this statement I shall make in this connection. 1st Inspector Pollock had evidently se- lected a time to visit my agency when he knew I was absent. If he had desired to give me an opportunity to explain to him what ever he might have found demanding an explanation, there were several other agencies in that sec- tion of the country that he might have  inspected until my return. This haste  
        to visit my agency in my absence evin- ces an unfair disposition in the out- set. 2nd Inspector Pollock was escorted to within thirty-six miles of the  agency by one Huntingdon whose  displeasure I had incurred in my efforts to compel him (Huntingdon) to pay pasturage on his stock which has been running upon the reservation for several years. I had warned him that unless he paid the pasturage, I  would make suit against him. Huntingdon is a candidate for Indian Agent at Yakama. 3d In all the councils held, he, Inspector Pollock has by insinuations sought to make the impression on the minds of the Indians that I was a dishonest man; that I had been stealing; that there was a great deal of wrong doing  
        and that they were being cheated on every side. In support of these asser- tions I herewith submit the following which I will substantiate when nec- essary. Holding the official issues in his  hand, he asked the question at a  council Dec. 27  
        Yakama Agency Notes of Council Dec. 27th 1880 Smith was called    Inspector   Asks him if he received any cattle in July. Aug. or Sept.? Ans. Chow    no  Inspector   Tell him to think well now and  not make any mistakes. Ans. Chow  chow   no Inspector   Ask him if he knows why his name  is on this paper if he did not get any  cattle   (note   the Indians here began to look) (from one to another in amazement) Ans. Chow   no. Inspector   Well I can   t understand this paper     Note   Smith   s name does not appear on  the issue sheet as having received cattle  but every man red or white who was  
        present had the impression that the Inspector desired the Indians to un- derstand that the Agent had falsely certified that he issued cattle to Smith when Smith received none.  
        These questions were asked of two other Indians with like results. This was in first council held, I assert that the names of neither of these Indians  of whom these questions were asked were upon the paper. Pollock held in his hand. I am aware that I am making a grave charge against Inspector Pollock, but I am prepared to make it good, while I declare such action disqualifies any man for holding a position of so much influence for good or evil. 4th He next declared that there were more Government cattle on the reservation than were shown upon the papers. Taking  council with the dissolute, and unreliable Indians, he ordered all the cattle upon the reservation gathered at one point and em- ployed sixty men to proceed to execute this at once, promising to give to each,    one or more cows.    The acting agent