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Show CHEROKEE FREEDMEN, DELAWARES, AND SHAWNEES. Since the last annual report the secoud and third supplemental schedules of Cherokee freedmen have been made and approved, con-taining the names of 250 persons in nhose behalf there has been sub-mitted evidence satisfactory to this office shoving that they were enti-tled to share in the per capita distribution of the $75,000 appropriated by the act of October 19,1888 (25 Stats., (iOS), out of the funds of the Cherokee Nation, for distribution among its freedmen, Delawares, and Shavnees. This makes the total umber 5,008 entitled, as follows: 3,568 Cherokee freedmen, less 44 siuee ezuoelled, 3,524, at $15.50.. $54,822.00 763 Delawares, lees 16 not entitled, 717, at 816.50 .............. 11,518.50 747 Shawnees, less 10 not entitled, 737, at 813.50 ............... 11,423.50' Total .................................................... 77,624.00, This is $2,G24, or about 169 names, in excess of the appropriation: made to pay said beneficiaries. The agent has informally reported to this office from time to time that he was confident, from the efforts he had made to ascertain, as welt as to pay o$ the persons named in the fist schedule, approved Novem-ber 21,1890, and in subsequent schedliles, that there would be found to be a number of persons whose names are on said approved schedules who could not bc identified, or whose names were duplicated, or who were born after or died before March 3, 1883, and that the number would be far in excess of the 169 for whom no appropriation has been provided. Inreviewing the payments made on these schedules by the agent up to and including. his last retarrls, June 30,1893, there appears to remain unpaid of the aforesaid 5,008 names on said approved schedules as follows: Authentioatedfreedmen ....................................... 185 Aurhenticsted freedmen, deceased ............................. 40 - 225 Admitted freedmen.. .............................................. 155 - 378 Cherokee Delewaree .................................! . ............... 14 Cherokee Shawnees ................................................... 54 - Total ........................................................... 446 There remains unexpended of the appropriation of $i5,000 the snm of $4,304.50 with which to pay the said 446 persons, or so many of them as may be identified and found entitled. If, however, this fund should become exhausted, leaving beueficiaries whose names are on the the approved sclledules unpaid, application will have to be made to Oongress for an additional appropriation; but until such a oontingency either .arises or becomes manifest, I do not deem it necessary to ask for more funds. 7899 1 A-6 |