I am pleased to learn that Buffalo Hump came in to see you, but both myself & Com{r}. Pike regret that you did not hold out to him all the inducements which were in your power, and use all the forces and means at your command to provide him with such houses as were contemplated and promised by Com{r}. Pike for the comfort of those Indians and to make them satisfied and anxious to come in. The Com{r}. has issued an order prohibiting Jim Ned from returning to or ever occupying any portion of the Leased District again, this order you will see carried out. He has also ordered the Military to kill Ned should they find him. No blanks have been furnished to the office as yet. Nor have even forms been purchased for the vouchers, abstracts etc. You must rule and arrange your papers as best you can for the present as I have to do myself. I have turned over to Mr. Sturm four mules turned over to me as mules taken from you by Gen{l} Burrow. I obtained them with great difficulty in bad condition, nearly on the lift. I have had them three or four weeks, these were all I could find and do not know whether they are all that were taken from you or not. As stated above I have received no funds for the Indian Service from the Confederacy, in fact there has been no Indian Department organized consequently no appropriation has been made nor will any Indian business be done in the War Department until after the late Treaties are submitted and approved. I shall leave here in a short time for Richmond for the purpose of organizing the business of the Superintendency, procuring funds, goods etc. for the Indians in compliance with the Stipulations of the late Treaties. C. B. Johnson is absent at New Orleans and is expected back in a few days. Enclosed you will find Sutton & Springs receipt for $200. Owing to Creek difficulties I send Mr. Sturm back by direct route for his safety and the safety of your property. Very Respectfully Your Ob't. Servant E. RECTOR, Supt. Ind. Affairs. Col. M. Leeper, Ind. Agent, Wichita Agency, L. D. OFFICE SUPT. IND. AFFAIRS, FORT SMITH, ARKS. Oct. 30th, 1861. SIR: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st inst. by Expressman. On the 12th Inst, I wrote you by your expressman Mr. Sturm and as then, state I have no funds in my hands for the purchase of Medicines or for any other purpose for the Indian Service. Nor have I been authorized to provide the Indians with Medicines or Medical assistance; there has been no Indian Department regularly organized as yet, by our Government, nor will there be until after the Treaties lately made by Com{r} Pike are laid before the President and approved. I have purchased for you on your own account, all the medicines I can purchase in this place that would be useful to the Indians. I send them by your Expressman with the bills, you can charge the Government with them in your account.