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No Discounts on Ration Day

Receiving Rations at San Carlos Agency, AZ, circa 1892, courtesy National Park Service

Receiving Rations at San Carlos Agency, AZ, circa 1892, courtesy National Park Service

Annuity payments could be a time of festivity (see last post) even though merchants and alcohol traders were often on hand with bad deals for Native Americans with spending money. Ration disbursements, though also eagerly anticipated, could be an opportunity for outright fraud at the hands of the people trusted to make them. Continue reading