PROPOSAL

 FOR TE1Tl0T 1Tl0 T.A. .A. N R A. .IIg .Ea $. $
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S-@ VI - S>s >s sss EOROPOsALs, in writing, and sealed, a will be received by the subscriber, atntit i2 o'cloek, (sN9 of .Noaaay, Lfe 29h dag q February ncrt, ISa6--for furnishing and de- livering to emigrant GREEK INDIANS, in their new country, west, all RATIONS OF SUB- 5isTENCE, that shall be recaired for them be the same more or less, from the lst day of April, 1886, to the 3lst day of March, 1887 inclusive.

 The number of places at which Rations will be. required to be delivered, in the new coun- try, will not exceed four, and none of them will be over fifty miles distant from the Greek Agency.

 Proposals must state the price ofthe entire Ration: which consists of one pound of fresh beef, three-fourths of quart of corn, and at the rate of four qulrts ofsalt to each one hun dred Rations. Ihe corn and salt must be de livered at the measure of thirty-two quarts, Dry Measure to the bnshel. The quality IS well as the weight and measure of the articles composing the Ration, will be inspected by an Agent on delivery. All risk, and every ex- pense attending the delivery and distribution ofthe Rations, must be born by the contract or.

 A portion of the meat part of the Ration may be eommuted and delivered in Cows and Calves, provided the receiving agent shall, at any time, deem such changes in the issues ex- pedient and provided. that the terms and conditions on which the changes of fdeliveries arc to be made are acceptable to the contract or. But, in no case, must such changes oi furnishing increase the cost of the itation above mentioned.

 T4eprivilege ofrejecting bidsdeemed high, is reserved.

 Bonds, with three responsible signatures, will he required for the faithful fnlfilnlent oi the contract.

 Persons making bids will write on the en- Yelope of their communications, the words, '' ''Pgoposa1s to furnish sa5sistence .for hc Cfsel htdians;" and will attend at this place, on the last day of receiving bids, for the pur- pose of closing the contract

 J. BROWN, Cnpt.

 U. s. A,my, Pr Dis. .4g-'t Ind'n Rea'l.

 Little Rock, i. T. aos,r January l, 1886. '2o79@ r. 5, It is not row known what number of the Greeks will emigrate this year. But, from the best information received, it is con- idently expected that . large emigration will take place--not less than five thousand. 'Phe greater portion of which will, in all prob ability, remove early the coming spring. Over five hundred of the above tribe are now on the way, and will reach their new country carly in February next, lS36. J. B.