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Show 44 REPORT OF THE COMMlRSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. On the 12th of Jnly, 1862, Congress authorized the Secretmy of the 'Pseasury to placb upon the books of the treasury, to the credit of each of the Indian tribes interested in the abstracted bonds, (excepting the Cherokees and Potta-watomies,) the amounts originally invested in said bonds for them respectively, and appropriated a sum sufficient to pay the interest on the same, at five per cent. per annnm, from the date of the last payment until the first day of July, 1862, and provided for the payment of interest npdn the several amounts at the rate of five per cent. per annum semi-annually. I now recommend that measures be adopted by Congress to reimburse the Oherokees and Pottawatomies for their interest in the said abstracted bonds. To prevent further loss from the abstraction of bonds, and to insure to the Indians the payment of the interest promptly as it may become due, I rewm-mend that measures he adopted by Congresa authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to deposit all State stocks now held by him in trust for Indian tribes with4he Secretary of the Treasury, and that he be authorized to enter upon the books of his department, to the credi6 of the proper tribes, the' amount originally invested in said bonds, and that provision he made for the payment of the interest. For information as to the present condition of the "trust fund" held by you on account of varions Indian tribes, I refer you to the letter of Mr. Goddard (the clerk in charge of that branch of hnsiness) and to the tabular statements accompanying it. The accompanying tabular statement,, indicating the schools, population, and wealth of the different Indian tribes which are in direct connexion with the government, comprises all the informati011 received at this office relating thereto. 'Respectfully submitted. WILLIAM P. DOLE, Gomnaissionk. Hon. CALEBB . SMITH, Secretary of $he Intwior. - NOTE.-After the transmission of this report various papers were received at , this office in relation to subjects connected with Indian hostilities in the north-west, copies of which, on account of the important character of the information contained, have been added to the appendix. The annual report of the Yancton agent, Dr. Walter A. Bnrleigh, as also the annual report of Calvin Hale, esq., superintendent in Washington Territory, with its accompanying papers, were likewise received after the t~llnsmission of this report. Copies of the same will be found in the addenda to the ap-pendix. |