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Show (.•;, C O N I ; I : I : S S . ) .'!<{ iS\.\ti»!l. ) HOU'SF, OF ItEPUESENTATlVES. H 1 :i'( 0 ; i' No. us. S3 r, y£ /o •*> «T I I •i I'.I INVESTIGATION OF INDIAN FllAUDS. M.iHCIt 3, 1S~3.-Laid on tiio table and ordered to bo printed. Mr. SJI.VSKS, from the Committee on Indian A Hairs, made the following Li H P 0 R T : KKL'LMIT OF TI [10 COMMITTEE OX INDIAN AFFAIUS, CON-CI: I;MXC. FRAUDS AND WKOXGS COMMITTED AGAINST •]'! I !•; INDIANS, WITH MANY STATISTICS OF VALUE IN TIL ^MANAGEMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. J'V THIS INVESTIGATION' AND UEL'OUT THE COMMITTEE IKH'E TO DO SOMETHING TO KID THE INDIAN'S AND TIIK INDIAN SERVICE 01' THOSE HEARTLESS SCOUNDRELS WHO INFEST IT, AND WHO DO SO MUCH DAMAGE TO THE INDIAN, THE SETTLER, AND THE GOVEEN-M ENT. FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION. CoxniiESS or THE Uxm:r> STATES, Jn the Homo of'Jlrpreteiitaliva, January S, 1S72. On million of Mi-. SHANK-;, lii'olittl, That llio Ciniiiiiilteo (in Indian All'aira be, authorized to investigate and ri-pnri. in v/riting. at any lime, to the House., flie condition ami the management by li'iveniiiient nllieials anil oilier persons of Indian ail'airs witli the Choetiiws, Chick- :i«a-.\.«, cliei'iliees. and otlier tribes, nations, bands, or individual Indians, fondling tins ^objects of annuities, pensions, bounties, bounty-lands, and moneys paid under trea tics aiiil law* ol' Congress, and ibat saiiV eonimittec' bave power to send lor persons and papeis, and to take testimony to enable it to make such investigation and report. Attest : KDWD. MCPHERSON, cicrk. FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS-SECOND SESSION. CONC.UKSS or TUI; UNITKDSI'ATKS, Jn the JJnum of lleprcseiilutifcs. June 1, lb72. On innlinn of Mr. SHANKS, Jinolml, Tlmt tlto resi.lniion of tlic House, passed January H, 1872, iiistrnctingtho I" iiiilii'i: mi Indian Affairs to ninkn ami report investigations into frauds against ImliaiiH, In- I'Miiliiiiied liming lliix Congrehs, and lliat Mm eoliniiitlee mi Indian Alluir' III.IV, in piiiMianre uf s:ml iuv i si igiiiimi, s-'iiiI ii Hiili-c'iimmiltv", not. exceeding three of itn member*, in tbc Indian Territory dining tbo vacation of Congress. At tent: EDAVD. MCPHERSON, cirri. i •••• r * v- • w w i wcijcsaiSfc |