The American Indian as Slaveholder and Seccessionist: An Omitted Chapter in the Diplomatic History of the Southern ConfederacyAbel, Annie Heloise
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The American Indian as Slaveholder and Seccessionist: An Omitted Chapter in the Diplomatic History of the Southern Confederacy
Abel, Annie Heloise
Indian Territory; Slavery -- United States; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Herewith you will receive Tabular Statements, marked Numbers (1) and (2)
for your information and guidance, as to the times manner, &c., that this
money is to be disbursed.
You will perceive from these statements, that one hundred and nineteen
thousand, three hundred and forty dollars can be used, for the purposes
indicated immediately, or, whenever, it may be deemed essential by you;
while the residue, amounting to five hundred and sixty two thousand, five
hundred and twenty nine dollars and fifteen cents, is dependent, for its
dusbursement, upon the ratification of the Treaties, as amended by the
several Indian Tribes. Very respectfully,
S. S. SCOTT, Act'g Commr. of Indian Affairs.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, C. S. A., SECOND AUDITOR'S OFFICE,
Richmond, Va. Dec 31st 1861.
SIR--The Treasurer of the Confederate States will remit to you the sum of
six hundred and eighty one thousand, eight hundred & sixty nine 15/100
dollars--, being the amount of Requisitions Nos.
2175-76-77-78-79-80-81-82-83 & 84 issued in your favor on the 20th
Instant--, with which you are charged on the Books of this Office, on
account of the following Appropriation, to wit:
"An Act making Appropriations to comply in part with Treaty Stipulations
made with certain Indian Tribes," as per Act
Requisition No. 2175 For Contingencies of superintending & Agencies $ 3,500.00
Do " 2176 " Sundry Appropriations for Cherokee Indians 237,944.36
" " 2177 " Do Do " Seminole Indians 61,050.00
" " 2178 " " " " Choctaw &Chickasaws 115,126.89
" " 2179 " " " " Creek Indians 72,950.00
" " 2180 " " " " Comanches 64,862.00
" " 2181 " " " " Reserve Indians 82,905.00
" " 2182 " " " " Seneca Indians 11,962.46
" " 2183 " " " " Quapaw Indians 9,000.00
" " 2184 " " " " Osage Indians 22,568.44
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Total $681,869.15
The Treasurer will advise you when the same has been placed to your credit
on his Books, or hand you a Draft--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,
W. H. S. TAYLOR, Auditor.
To Genl Albert Pike, Agent for the War Department for delivery of the
above funds to Elias Rector, Supt. Ind. Affairs, now in Richmond, Va.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, TREASURER'S OFFICE,
Richmond, Va., Jan{y} 23
ELIAS RECTOR, Fort Smith, Ark.
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