Yakama Agency Dec 30th 1880  Notes of Conversation at Grist Mill Inspector Pollock taking out his memorandum book said       Mr Ross, we inspectors ask a great many questions   I could       get all this information from the papers in the Office but       prefer to get it from you   What salary do you receive?    Ans    One thousand dollars per year    Ques    Have you been paid anything?    Ans    Yes for 1 month    Ques     How much did you receive?    Ans    I received       76.18 in cash and Father Wilbur had bought some       things for me to make up in all  83.33 1/3    JH Fairchild said    Mr Ross was in want of some articles        to commence housekeeping, and the Agent purchased        them with his own money and deducted it from Mr        Ross    salary    Inspector      Then you received  76.18 cash and balance in        ictas    (Here the Inspector prepared to write Mr Ross laughing      Yes    JH Fairchild      Colonel this is neither fair nor just.        Mr Ross received his whole salary in cash.        The Agent at Mr Ross    request took his own        money and purchased at Yakima City and        elsewhere, the articles for Mr Ross as a matter        of accommodation    Mr Ross surprised      Why of course it was all cash        as far as the Agent or myself was concerned    Note   Of course I do not know the Inspector   s motive in asking if the payment was not part money and part goods, and I am probably wrong in the  suspicion that he desired to make it appear that annuity goods had been used