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Show the '~questiohed list." This supplemental sehedule was approved Jhly > 7,1891, and a copy thereof sent to Agent Bennett July 11,1891, for pay-ment. The two schedules contained an aggregate of 3,318 names, and from thisunmber, upou recommendation of Agent Benuett, there were , ' I stricken 40 names, being the names of persons who were born after or died before the 3d of March, 1883, or were unkhown or duplicated, or were paid by the Cherokee or Oreek Nation of Indians and did not wish to he enrolled with theCherokee freedmen, thus making the true aggre-gate 3,278. Of the 821 Delaware Indians reported by Agent Wallace as entitled, to participate in the per capita distribution of said fund, etc., a schedule, as revised by this office, containing the names of 754 Delawares, was submitted by you May 15,1891, approved by you the following day, and sent to Agent Bennett for payment May 18, 1891. A scliednle of 167 names, which had been reported by Agent Wallace as entitled, was not submitted for your approval, but was sent to Agent Bennett for farther investigation, for the reason that in some instances the age of claimant haci not been stated, and tbat the dates of the deaths of many reported as deceased had not been furnished. Of tire 709 Shawnee Ii~dianu reported by Special Agent Wallace aa entitled, a schedule, as revised by this office, containing the names of 694 Shawnees, was submitteci to you Septeniber 26,1891. This schedule was approved September 26,1891. At the same time, a schedule of 19 names, which Agent Wallace claimed to be entitled, hut whose evi-dence of title was not satisfactory, was laid before you and returned, with directior~st hat Agent Bennett make further investigation of the several cases represented thereon. A copy of the approved sohedale for payment and of this scl~edule for investigation was forwarded to Agent Bennett October 6,1891. It appears, therefore, that the number of persons entitled to share in the per capita distribution of the $75,000, as examined, and reported by Special Agent Wallace, revised by this officc and finally approved by the Department (less the 40 freedmen reported by Agent Bennett as not entitled), can be stated as follows: Cherokee freedmeu ................................................. 3,278 Delsrrares .......................................................... 754 Shawnees ........................................................... 694 Total .......................................................... 4,726 This number of claimants is subject to decrease by reason of the dis-covery of duplications, or the fact of birth before or of death after March 3,1883, the date of the appropriation, or other causes ; also to ' increase b j reason of evidence which may hereafter be furnished estab-lishiug a claim for recognit~ora~s entitled to share in the per capita distributio~o~f said fnnll. |
