Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-11-15
P. NJ. BUTLER.
WAa DrrnTnrxr,
Office Of Indian Allure.


Office Of Indian A Eairs,
25th Of September. Isi5 \
Ru:-I have received your letter Of Goth Instant.
hasten with much pleasure to answer your inter.
aiofiss: and 10 the
Il "Wss | not under instructions from your Bu.
Ii, not 10 pay any subsistence certificate arising
the treaty Of 1885, until they had been forwarded
Washington, examined and a allowed by the Auditors
Iar,ment, and returned to me" Ianswer, YES
Of these instructions were verbal and part written
send copies and extracts hastily selected from the
to show how you were expected to proceed
10 the ID WAS not under similar orders regarding
uatons" known s"Currvs" valuations, arising
er the same treaty y likewise answer yes.
% your 3rd question, '.flaye you ever known me
tain public funds in my possession for one moment
100 under orders from the Department." answer
And deem II duty TO state that during the
you have been associated with this department
official duties have been discharged to its entire
faction and take this occasion to say that ! do
know OF an officer under its direction that has
Ifesttd more zeal and attention to the interest Of
people committed to his care" than yourself In
official communications 10 this department you
shown the greatest anxiety TO obtain prompt set
snls OF the claims OF the Cherokces on the govern.
and those Of the character particularly dcsignat-
your hrst two interr"gaiories. you have evinced
nhsusl degree OF anIsiy to get settled. Owing 10
eculaI condition Of these claims more time, than
nmn,iions proper To br made before determi
20 could be had whether the Indians claiming
or we're not tnt t!td I hcsc delays, so xatious
parties, frequently placed you under the necessi.
more than once urging the action of the depart
upon them. Respecting the claims OF Cherokees
PLandoned their improvements under the treaty OF
referred to in your second interroCatory aud
nsmessre designated on tho roll referred to by
your letter to this office Of 2Jih Feby last, and
count Of which the rum Of 50 500 was rcmittcd
on 2ith OF August, 1912, make the following
nent. The remittance was made to enable you
the claim, that nigh be presented, and your
lions were very explicit in regard TO them. The
fsat your Agency did not, as was expected here
JoN tU identity line unpaid cia ns. you linen very
ply sent to this otlce for examination roll
(eng all the claims, that those which had been
nght he indicated.
roll with your litter transmitting it, was refer
the Second Auditor OF the Treasury on the Stb
o., iol3 that the proper examination mi ight b,
And The result communicated to you You have
rePcatedly asked for the information TO enable |
Iqu'date the unsati-fod claims, but So far as | |
ormed and believe, you have not yet r"cei' ed il
a'e The required cIhmin ,tlon ha' not been made |
nsGe, has not hrenr, Pnrr |" y"u oF I" th "ti"c
accompanying c"pi~~ 81 y''ur 6ii'T' :" '"c
une, loij. 3Oih Jun, and "i'h res -. have
renee TO the subject to which y n have called
Jon.
respectfully;
Your most ob't -erv't,
,nA THAEErLY CRAWFORD.
kmbia, South CaroHnr.
following are the letters referred 10 in that Of
|nwford, and are all Of them on hle at the De-
lent, and The originals in my possession at the Che
Agency.
ter of instructions to Gov. Butler Cher. Agent,
s,lon to payments Of certificates of commutati~n
nova, and subsistence, under Cherokee treaty OF
md claims for improvement under treaty oi lo1e
cd 2lth August, lsI2.
ter from Gov Butler, Cher. Agt. TO Comm'r IN
Mfrs. respecting claims for communication for sub
&C and removal-Datcd goth June: loi3.
Yer from Comm'r. Ind. Ahrs, to Gov. Butler,
Agent, respecting certain claims for commu'a'
removal and subsistence under Cherokee treaty
~t-Datcd 9Th Aug 1873
er from Gov. Butler, to Comm'r. Ind Airs res
pg Cherokee claims, more particularly those on
pll Of claimants abandoned under treaty oil lc2o
Jed 25 Feb. Isis
ruc,ions to ?. NJ. Butler. Cher Agt respecting
Tot communication, removal and subsistcncc.-I
hpril. lSI5.
'er from Gov. Butler. Cher. Agt to Comm Ind,
-pth June, 1915, in reference TO the claims oil
and John Fields, closing, thus al have respect,
10 request that the examinations be made ana
enss ordered at early day as possible, the claim
pe,ng poor and c!amorous."
addition to this testimony, will here give an eA-
rom a letter just received from Judge H. f,e'as,
mole OF which shall appear when the REMAINDER
hasson's pamphlet receives its re:utat'on'
EXTRACT.
the first place, unhesta,ingly declare, that
never known you as public ohcer or private IN
pal TO be benefited, directly or indirectly through
and Fields, or TO my knowledge through othe's'
expense Of one cent to any Indian claimants OF
ANY other claimant upon the public innds ~
land' for disbursement. Twill here state, IN 'he
place. that Drew and Fields helda numbe; oi
ssnce certificates on the government which they
Paichssed from Cherokecs before you came 'hto
s'oh as Agent Of the Cherokecs; with but Two o,
EXCEPTIONS, the certificates were not Paid uht''
eaf, through you as dsbursing officer OF the 60
nent though, notwithstanding you had the money
" hands to pay them for two years previous 10
p1ai settlement. The reason you assigned was
s"e department had not sent out any pay roll 10
oy, which fact | am personally known to, be-
experienced no little Inconvenience by beng
"u' o. The use Of money that was justly due US un
Asfuctions from the Indian Bu:eau
ghsd) RICH'D FIELDS.