With the money received by you upon the first named requisition, you will pay Charles B. Johnson, the amount of his account against the Confederate States for Beef furnished certain Bands of Reserve Indians, from July 1st to August 16th under a verbal contract made by him with Albert Pike, Commissioner, &c., and also pay the mounted escort of Creeks and Seminoles, engaged by General Pike to accompany him to the Comanche Country, &c. In regard to this escort General Pike, in a letter to the War Department, of the 14th October, says that he had muster rolls regularly made out, and gave pay accounts to the officers, and slips showing the amount due each of the men. With the money received by you upon the second named requisition you will pay Charles B. Johnson the balance due him by the old United States Government prior to the 30th June, 1861, and which General Pike, at the time of making the verbal contract hereinbefore mentioned, agreed to pay or have paid him. And with the money received by you upon the third named requisition, you will pay such expenses of the Superintendency and different Agencies, as may be necessary, proper and legitimate. The balance of this money can be applied to the purchase of suitable clothing, if it can be bought at fair prices, for the Reserve Indians, which Commissioner Pike, in the Treaty of the 12th August, 1861, agreed should be speedily furnished them. You will forward a statement as to the disbursement of these several sums of money with the proper voucher, &c. Very respectfully, S. S. SCOTT, Act'g Commr. of Indian Affairs. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, C. S. A., SECOND AUDITOR'S OFFICE Richmond, Va, Dec 7th--1861. SIR: The Treasurer of the Confederate States will remit to you the sum of Thirty two thousand one hundred & four 50/100 dollars ---- ----, being the amount of Requisition No. 1889 & 1890 issued in your favor on the 6th Inst--, with which you are charged on the Books of this Office, on account of the following Appropriation, to wit: "To meet the Incidental Expenses of the Public service within the Indian Tribes," as per Act May 21, 1861, No. 232. Requisition No. 1889. ------ ------ $2,104.50 Req. ---- " 1890, Same as above ---- 30.000. " ---------- $32.104.50 The Treasurer will advise you when the same will be remitted for which you will please forward a Receipt to this Office, specifying therein the date, number and amount of said Requisition. I am, very respectfully, Your Ob't Serv't AUDITOR. To Elias Rector, Esq, Supt. Ind. Affairs, Present WICHITA AGENCY L. D., Decr. 12th 1861.