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sury made in answer to a call made by me upon
him for his views on this subject.
! Very respectfully, your obcdent servant,
r. ]. WALKER, Secretary Of the Treasury.
JoHN M. McCALLA, esq Second Auditor.
On the 5th of the same month the account was
e-sated in the Second Auditors office according
to the principles prescribed by the Secretary of the
Treasury as above, which there appeared h
balance due the Chic kasaws Of s | - ,0l2 80. And
there was issued with il, and forwarded to the of
nee OF the Second Comptroller, the following paper:
| APPROPRIATION.
"No 3798. Removal and subsistence of Indians,
| Treasury DEPARTMENT.
| Second auditors Office, Sept. 8, 1876. \
certify that there is due from the United States
to the Chickasaw nation the sum of one hundred
and twelve thousand and iorty-two dollars and
ninety nine cents, being the amount Of their ac-
count for moneys erroneousy paid by the Uaited
| States out OF the Chickasaw fund to sundry per-
sons for provisions purchased at Cincinnati in
| 1897.
| As it appears there is but S5S, ,l24 "a to the
credit OF the above appropriation the Secretary OF
war Will please issue requisition for that amount
In favor oil the "Chick kasaw nation" to be carried
by counter reqnisition to the credit of appropra-
ton carrying into effect treaties with the Chick
asaws per act 20th April, 1896; and that hereafter
as soon as funds to the amount Of $5l ,9IS So shall
come TO the credit OF removal and subsistence OF
| Indians" similar transfer will be made by coun-
ter requision, as appears from the statement and
vouchers herewith transmitted for the decision Of
| JOHN M. McCALLA, Second Auditor
| To the SECOND COMPTROLLER OF THE TREAsuRY
| SECOND CoMprnoLLER's OFFICE.
| l admit and certify the above this 7th day Of
September, 1916. ALBION X. PARIS,
Second Comptroller.
| This paper, admitted and certified by the Second
| Comptroller, above is accompanie with an ex-
planatory letter addressed by the chief clerk that
officer which, for full ndng of the case,
| the undersigned set forth below:
| SECOND CoMPTRoLLERs OFFICE,
! September Z, 1886
Remarks the account of the Chickasaip Nation as
presented by their agent, Dr. Gtcin and stuffed b.
| The Second Auditor.
BY the treaty OF October 20, 1882, (article 10, }
the Chickasaw nation agreed to give the President
timely notice OF their intention leave the country
then occupied by them, and II stipulated that
the President should provide the necessary funds
and means for their transportation, and year Is
provision after reaching their new homes, 10 be
paid Tor out OF the proceeds of So les OF their ceded
iands. They gave such notice, dated February IL,
| 1897, recered at Washington, March %, 1887, and
| requested, among other things, that asuperintend
ent should be appointed 10 ascertain the number
disposed to emgrate. The order Of the Commits
sioner ol Indian Affairs to Lieutenant J. D. Sea-
right, 10 repair TO Cincinnati and make contracts
! for supplying rations to Chcka-aw emf grants, was
dated March II, 1887, apparently without any order
from the President and certainly without the pre-
hminary notice from the Cbickasaws having been
received at the department; does it appear that
any measures were taken, previously 70 making
the contracts, for asccrtaining the number desiring
TO emlgrate. These facts are adverted to by Colo
mel Hitchcock, in his report page 81.
| On the provisions thus purchased in obedience to
the letter of the Commissioner Of Indian Affairs,
there was hnal loss OF l2,O+2 80, alter deduct
! ing the amount Issued aud cold. The main fact
that these prov sons were not purchased under aud
in conformity TO Il requlsiton transmitted by the
Chickasaws TO the President, in pursuance of treaty
stpuatons Is established by the date Of the com
missioner's letter (March IL, lS3) ordering the
contracts 10 be made, and that OF the reception OF
the notice given TO the President by the chiefs OF
| the Chickasaw nation, viz the 22d March, 1887;
and the fact that the commissioner appears to have
acted independently of the President, and without
any regard to the suggestions Of the chiefs to
the appointment OF "a superintendent and Gnu
meraton of those intending to emil,rate. The
amount Of the expenditure, a well the items In
this account with which the Chickasaw fund seems
justly chargcable for its issues and sales, and with
which II has been debltcd, are taken from the re-
port Of Colonel Hitchcock, Doc. No. 27l 81 session
21th Congress, and founded vouchers, as
understand, which have been acted by the &C
counting officers, and doubtless correct. After
deducting these items, the balance which seems To
have been improperly charged 10 the Chickhsaw
is, as before stated, Sll2,0i2 3d. But there is
no appropriate fund from which large a sUm
can be drawn, a rcqulsiton for the whole amount
cannot issue at present. Tho general sppropris-
ton for "Remoyal and Subsistence OF Indians" has
TO its credit only about 5 s., 900, according 10 a
statement from the First Comptroller.
L
| J. NJ. BRODHEAD, Chiof Clerk.
| Hon. A. X. PARRis, Second COmptroiitr.
The above letters show very fully the opinion and
decision of the accounting officers Of the Treasury
as TO the validity Of the claim, and that u was 10 be
paid out OF the fund for The removal and subsis g
Indians. Indeed. II Is difficult to apprehend how
the propricty Of paying IL out Of that fund could be
questioned, when we once find that the claim was
Just, and see out Of what IL originated.
A sum Of money paid by the Indian officer for
provisions purchased for the removal and subsist-
ence of Indians, was improperly charged 10 the
Chickssaws aud paid out Of their fund. When the
account was set right, IL was charged back 10 its
proper appropriation, and the Chickasaw fund was
credited with IT, Its clear, therefore, that the pay
ment must be made cut of the appropriation to
which II should have been originally charged,
namely, the fund for tie removal anu subsistence
Of Indlans," and 60 this fund the accounting Off
GERS in 1876 placed it, The Attorney General was
Of the opinion that they right, and We concur
in that opinion, and consequently dissent entirely
| from the opinion expressed ON that point by ma
/ lority of the committee.
On the sth OF September, 1916, the Second Audi
tor certified that VIM. NJ Gwin was entitled 10
one bali Of the above sum "on statement and
vouchers herewith transmitted" to tho Second
| Comptroller, which certificate is as iolJws:
ArPRorRIATIoS.
" No. 400.-Carrying into effect trca-
ucs with the Chickassws, per act
ZOth April, iNSo....... Jo,OZl W
TREksURY DEPARTMEST,
SECOND AUDrroR's Orrics, sept. :, 1916 !
certify that there s due from the United States
| 60 VIM. vi. Gvin the sum Uf fifty six thoussn nd
and twenty one dollars and forty. nine cents, being
The amount of his account for one half Of what has
been found due 10 the Chickasaws, ON account Of
provisions purchased OF sundry persons az Ciucin-
natl, by Lieutenant Searight, in 1897. the same hav
ing been enormously paid by the United states out
OF the Chckasaw fund; as per articles Of agreement
with said Gwin aud the chicfs and hcadmcn OF the
Chickasaw nation, herewith:
Whole amount found due to the Chicka-
sa~H.s..... y ,VlZ "
One hall OF which amounts TO ......... 56,r2l ~
To be paid To WIN. NJ. 6 ein, present, ~ appears
from the statement and vouchers herewith trans
united for the decision Of the Second Comptroller
OF tho Treasury thereon.
JOHN NJ McCALLA,
Second Auditor.
To the SECOND CosPrsoLtss OF TIVE TREksUsy
On the 9th Of the came month, the certificate was
referred by the Second Comptroller TO the Coiumis
sIoner Oi Indian Affairs for his administrative *
animation thereof; FROM which time until the claim
was prescntcd 10 tie Secretary Of the Interior, m
lS49, there appears nothing OF record on the sub
Ject IN any OF the Departments. The reference 20
the ComussonCr OF Indian Affairs seems TO have
been irregular, according 20 the opinion Of the sec
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