Letter from General Terry., April 2, 1879

Letter from General Terry.

Sir: I am in receipt of trustworthy information that Messrs. H. C. Tellinghast & Co., No. 141 Kinzie street, Chicago, are shipping to Winnepeg, Manitoba, cartridges and shells for cartridges, and that the Hudsons Bay Company is importing such large amounts of goods of similar character that the British custom-house officer at Winnepeg has called the attention of his government to the fact. These goods, it is stated, are procured for trade with Indians.

As this importation of unusually large amounts of cartridges may be due to the market for them afforded by the hostile Sioux, who have found a refuge in British territory I deem it my duty to inform you of the fact.

I am, &c.,