

INDIAN RA TTG0Ns.
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SEALED PROPOSALS will be received kD by the subscriber, until IYedaesda1, He Third day Qf June aert, at 12 o'clock, II. for furnishing and delivering all NATIONS, more or less, that shall be required for the SEMINOLE INDIANS, in their new coun- try, west, from the first day Qf Jltly nerf, it- clatdtag al that shatt emigfatc eothjA ihe pre- sent yedf, (lS35,) for twelve months after the day of their arrival in their new country, as above stated.

 From twelve to fifteen hundred Seminoles are believed now to be on their way from Florida, and will, in all probability, reach their new country-situated between the Forks of the Ganaddian-n the course of the month of June next. The whole tribe num- bers from three to four thousands and, it is expected, the greater portion, if not all of them, will emigrate during the present year.

 The main Depot of Issues will be at or near the Forks of the Canadian, about forty miles by land from the Choctaw Agency, and not more than thirty miles, by the Canadian, from its junction with the Arkansas.

 The Indian Ration consists of one pound of Fresh Beef, three fourths of a quart of Corn, and at the rate flour quarts of Salt to eaeh one hundred Rations. The Corn and Salt must be delivered by the measure of thirty two quarts, dry measure, to the bus el. The quality, as well as the weight and measure of the articles composing the Ration, will be inspected by an agent, on delivery.

 Bidders will state, in their proposals, the price for which they will furnish and deliver the Ration above mentioned. All risk. and every expense attending the delivery and dis trlbutlon otthe Rations5 must be borne by the Contractor.

 X portion of the meat part of the Ration may be commuted for Coaos and Calpes, and Breeding Hogs, should such be required bg the receiving Agent. Bidders will, there fore, state, in their proposals, the price per pound at which they will deliver Cows and Calves, and Hogs, upon estimates, on the hool, under commutation, as shall be reauir- ed from time to time--the Agent giving to the Contractor thirty days notice of the mum livery.

 : Payments for all furnishing to be made at sired.

 Bonds, with two respas~.-la -s,'a way. Il would ruaRe the doctor o4r o4rri frenal 9 nlono fnres him ezsf6ddTfed, 1a as security for the faithful suiiIvfnent of the contract.

 S5he privilege of rejecting bids deemed high, is reserved.

 Persons making bids, not known to the sub scriber, will accompany them with fesponsi- ble references, us to their capacity to fulfil the contract. They will be pleased to write on the envelope of their communications, the words, 'sProPosalS to .ta57ttsh fadjaa ia sions, and will attend at Little Rock, \. T. on the last day of receiving bids, for the par pose of closing the contracts.

 J. BROWN, Capt. J. g. .4.

 Pr. Dts,tRg .4g't Ind. RemH.

 Little Rock, X, T., May 1, I835.-5-4w