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Show REI'ORT OF THE COUBIISSIONEK OF ISUIAP AFFAIRS. I'XIX anee 011 haudof $156,651.74. This amount, togetller kitl~otherb alancrw to thecredit of.tlreNarajoes, was, by orcler of the-Secretarj of the Trcas-urj, carried to the surplus fund, on the 30t,h of June, 1877, under the el~e~;ltiousoafll act of Cougre~is~ .pproreJdI III'2 0,1874. Ssbsequent to tbe date of this marrant, the Attorney-Geoeral, bx opinion date11 .Inl~ 5, 1877, decided that specific a .~~~o otrnptpsm priated to carrj unt treat,,v contrmt.s prior t.11 .Tone 20, 1Ri L, were exempt. from, tlre operations of the snq~lus-funda ct of 1874, and under mid clecision certaiu a ~ u o ~ u ~ t s belo~~ginlog nrrions Indian tribes have bee11 brongbt b,wllr by w:~r ra~~ta to t l ~oer eclit of' the 111diansi nterested. EJ- letter from this oflee, ~ u ~ d e r date of April 12, last, yo~rir ere a&~ketcolr eqnlirt tile 11onoribl)leS e c r e t a .~ of the Treasnry to issue ;L marrant for plt~cri~to~ gth e credit of t l~eN ;rva-joes t l ~ euu espe~~rlebdu lauce of $156,651.74. \Tltich was a. specitic appro-priatiou made for said In~liausm ~dertr elbty prior to Jt111e 20, 1-74, ZLIIII 1111rle1t.h e rleoisio~o~f tl~eAttorc~eyC+enerwnal s exempt from the oj1er;r-tior~ so f t.hat 1:1\\-. The honorable Secretary of the Tlrtasuq., lu~deirl t~.t,e of NU>10-, lxst, replie~lt l~at-l: aqttisitiOrls lc#~t!<iql 8or, .cft.letl :tec:o!1,8ta to p:lg 1,ills fhl. :lgrienll irrnl i~ctl,lnnretlt.* 11141 ~eutls£0 1. tbc l ~ e n ~ ~1 t~is1lt~ clno f thc 1,400 families of X:tvn,joes it*; It;rre not ,p:t rr-reirc!, l tltrir ylr,la!rtic,tt nn<lvrt Lc "svvatls a~l ieleotfl teir tn:xt.).w i l l be ebargctl:tgni~l\r tln; :~lq~ro~" . i '~l"Ifi~d~tiltl irmg 1.rent.y \ x ~ ~ INLnr ;t;irrs,r, a r v r l > t l ~st .ric,lc t,maty 01 .Ixt~$e. leli*, oo~,tracitl rior to .Inat&2 11, 18i.i.'' ' 7l.l ~ i sv irtnailx recognizes tllc fact that the allioorlt of i*156,6.il.i4 is due these h~(liansa, nd mas erro~~eonsoljo ~ereclin tltc Treasnrx, al~t l I lospeet.f~ill.yte eo1111nenct1h at Congress be reclnaated t,o reapprol~rk~tr thut ;y~~ooinnt o rder t l ~ : ~itt t ni8.v be byoogbt on %I!(: books of t l~iso flieo aucl expended for the belletit of the Nari!joes. If thin sum, ni1ic11, under the tlecisiou of the Attor~~ey-Generis~ j,ul,s tly dnc to the Nax-aioes, \r;~s pliwr~lto their credit on-t he boolca of this office, aa i ~ i ~ orreec o~nrne~~~lrcl. it \\.o!~lel rellder imnecessarx any fi~rtlre:r~ l~lwo]irixtfioor~ t~l~ eseI I I I ~ ~ ; I I ! ~ for se\.eral re:lrx. BASTI.:RN RANI) 0 1 0 OHI'.lLOl<EJ3S 13- SOA'I'H UAROI.ISb. lteferril~gt, o the sti~,t,Cmellmt ade aucl x-iews eslrressecl iu 11ell;llf t j f these I~ldiartsi n the annual report of last year, I have to report t l~a r the e~~eroscl~n~ennptso~nt st heir lw~clsb y 1~11itec lai~nant~cso l~tiuuoi lud this ottice 11as not the rneans a.t its disposal to efect t,he needed re-lief. Congress at its last session, tllro11~1t1t ~ es t ~ ~ t cci\h-i~l a l~prol~ri-ation act. appropriated $800 to enable the delvartment to employ an agent for thew Indians. Santuel E. Gibsou, of S,waiu County, Sort11 Carolina, )as been appointed, ill aceorda~lcev i th sectiou 3 of tile trct approved July 27, 1868, and he will be able to look into tlre statns of these c1a.ims m ~ dto cletermiue upon Rome liue of a,ction to srcure t l ~ a reero1,al of s11ch clail~~anat5s a1.n unable to shorn- t,itle. Respecting the recnol-a,l of the Cherokees of Rorth Carolina t.o tho Indi a ,T~~er ritor~1,1 po11 tho inritatiou of the l)rincil,al ellief and aelcgat,es |