The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-03-02


s s.a % . ..se'.s That Tue r :.
The direction President; and .pecA scooynt Of
the funds under the .id treaty shall be kept n se uss.
Congress and the sum OF one hundred aud dry III usand
aoa % .d ~ i. asmY", .S. Gs .iandsd 70 ns
uy funds suh lent Therefor received from
The sale Of the said lsnds."
grys rbS sd section of this v the Dyo.stss fall lnns
anellreSyse, were %sas by f,s.lsss J..h,on spq%
Va md nv him Transmitted 20 Judge Woodbury. then
Secretary Of ths Iss~sssys = =. -'
...l n "WAR DSpAnrnssr. May7, 1886
.SeeIetaEy OF tho Treasury + EIH=
.sis, have the honor enclose for your information
a trsae. Of issa aud 81 with ChcIs.sw i"dan.
proved the 7th iusant. .H ##t
very '''p'''" "''' ''"' ' LEWIS cAss"
of 1882 and 1884 with the Ohicka.aw indians.
..The accounts reesiver Of ubc moneys, usdsr che
Chickasaw treaties shall bs audited and sed In the
office the Commissioned OF the General Land Otce, and
DO reported and revised by the First Comptroller Of the
Treasury i'm the same that the the
ceivers re vised and settled. 2ae 4. '
s audited 90 s Ss asssd N the oo GO Of s com
the General Land Office and reported and re-
81 manner and subject 10 the same rules regulations
and the OF other surveyors genera
other accounts arising under said treaties shall be
audited and adjusted by the Second Auditor OF tue Treas
roiier that other lndsn accounts are
Il " X 70
"a clerk in the Second Auditors office will be selected,
the present shall attend to the accounts hereby as
'hs. office and shall ALL, receive TO, his services
"These regulations take effect from the 9Th May inciu
Respec,fuy submitted for the approval of the Psesi-
"WAR DEpARrMEsr, May g. 1896"
| approved May Z, 1886: -vs,n,
This account them of The Chckasaws and tho payment TO
under it, by act of Congress submitted 20 the
troer under OF General jackson, and re
OF this by other officer was Tue
under it placed upon the basis that OF The ad
justnen OF other account committed 70 them oy
Auomeys General Writ and fancy thereon, was hnal
hers could be any doubt under st act There can
by that law, which extended both ihe settling and
payment Of Theses accounts General Jackson oommn.ea 4
Com uoer OF the Treasury declaring that these accouns
be saded and adjusted oy ,he SECOND ~ .on1
Com p,roer the that other acc cunts
are 'esa ana ..o Sy s order Of
assigned cetk in the Second Auditors office, and no
provision for any made. Now
ha, YrSy clerk Ia The second Auditor. did report
vor Of this very The Second Auditor approved
and hsn under the ACT Of ls7 as we'll a.
1885, the whole accounts wero nnay au
dcated and subject revision by any other officer
Undcr this decaon OF Second Auditor and Second
Compuoer, the payment might have been made =. once
by Secretary tho Treasury without any reference TO
any for removal or subslstsnco under the
general appropriation made by the act of the 10Th April,
1886 The charge for these provisions should never have
been made TO the Chckasaws If had been made, u
s .s 81 ]
committed the eHor eorec'ed ~ Striking on
eSsE 81 s.. ""a. s 20 %. Ss
the removal and subsistence has. them IS
necessary 81 ,ns and EVEN il
Marcy had correct Ia The only obecon ne ever
nrisoo eor he always admi.,ed the justice Of
it,eO would oaIy change the form and no. The sno
tho question, and still leave IL Incumbent duy
psy hi. OF the oprston made under &C,
of 2Oih April 1896 IL is true did this uan' fer Of
do now. it was legal in which opinion was su'
by opinions before referred TO OF the Fret
tosr, and the final adjudication OF the Sscond AUDITOR
and Second Comproler ! wa. fearful also, tina, snies'
could be ,hown out 81 s %hos ns
this 'um for provisions, on account q The I'm
ss' 0. bun E ns BE- willing @ .1a
that could could have been made un,
der that appropriation the moment corrected
by which his charge or provision Improperly debiled
the Chickasaw fund.- and that charge stricken on as
Com puoler il left this clearly payable to the Chick
asaws 70 be drawn from The sssn OF the United s'ae''
The Commissioned OF Indian Affairs next takes mp
my contract and power OF Attorney, and says ths
was sn,r.Iy exua-ofHcisl and gratu.ous. The only
question upon which he had right 10 ,expre" an
cordancs with the treaty made with the chickasaw.,
and the uniform practice of The government under that
treaty The law did empower the Commissions Of In.
dian Affairs to make impair contracts entered into
nv Chickasaw nation through their missoners
They the official functionaries TO whom this power
appertaned. and the Commissioner Of 1ndian
Affairs had authority supervise annu their
The official letter OF his predecessor, OF the l7h January.
1885, ponted the who had authority TO transact
the OF the nation with the general government and
these persons who Hade the contract tins
they Judge OF the proprey OF its provs
ions Those commit ssoers employed TO contest claim
with the United States and was any snbofdnae officer OF
that whose that oil his predecessor had
the pioymen OF counsel necessary ndRs Of the
amount Of compensation, TO be paid by the party whohnd
been wonged The counsel who should socceed in COT
rectng the eorf Snely the Commissioner had such
authony, and his remarks that point are alike
ranted gsatuous Bat II there could be inqniry
into this question, why the charge extrsvsganti IT
certainly unusual for the records of his own office
showed well in relation the Cherokee TO other In
dans contingent fee OF hall the amount obtained
mad been repeatedly allowed counsel Why, them this
contract be made exception, aud all time, all
my heavy expenditures and all my trouble 10 20 for
nothing unless succeeded in correcting the errors OF gov
ern,nent officers, which, Is shown this
most dtcn aud laboro task, apd quite how
clear justice o the claim so lar from being
nvsgani nndrr the circumstances 81 this II
fair, equal, made be
tween and and has resulted IN great benefits 10
the Chickasaws, which, in the Absence Of my contracts
they would have realized You will observe IL
merely in this which constituted the
sdeation of thus contract although they alone would havs
other and smpler constd
eraons upon which II would fairly rest will enumeate
some Of tbsmf
Is Tho error discovered exclusively by me- but for
which Chickasaws would never have realized any
thing from this claim. .HI etL s
al bsd already suceceded during the proceed ny
Of CongresS after much toll labor procuring
the passage law by which the government OF the poi
stock of States, involving the of
the the amounting several