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United States. Office of Indian Affairs / Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for the year 1856
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[Northern superintendency], pp. 34-65
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SIOUX OF THE MISSISSIPPI. First quarter 1856 .................................. $2,340 49 Second quarter 1856 ................................ 6,280 10 Balance remaining with the department............ Out of this sum of $41,000 returned into the treasury by agent A. J. Bruce, I have been informed a sum of $4,700 was paid to Commissioners Ewing and Pease, ap- pointed to distribute the allowance to the half-breeds and traders, under the treaty of 1837. This expense, I believe, haj always been borne by the United States, but if not, hould have been charged against the half- breeds and traders. I also suppose a sum of near $10,000 was taken from the same money to supply horses and cattle to the Indians at the commencement of agent McLean's term. These sums, if correct, amount- ing to $14,700, would reduce the above stated balance to I now proceed to show what has been done with the placed in the hands of agent Murphy. ExTended at Redwood. 1 warehouse, 60 x 24, built of round logs, shingled and floored with pine, value ................................... 1 farm house............................... 1 smith house ............................................. 1 shop and house ........... .... .......... ... ....... 1 laborer's house.............................. 1 root house........................... 240 acres broken ............................................... Same fenced ..................................................... Roads made and bridged .................................... Provisions furnished to laborers ........................... Pay of two farmers for three years and one quarter ...... Pay of one smith for three years and one quarter ......... Pay of one striker for three years.................. For tools, iron, steel and coal........................ 1 stable for teams ............................................. Expended at the agency eight miles below Redwood and at the mill8 on Redwood. 1 warehouse, 60 x 20, built of round logs, shingled and double floored.............................$1,200 00 1 smith's shop and tools ....................................270 00 59 $63,953 59 99,536 41 $84,836 41 $63,063 59 $1,000 00 500 00 500 00 500 00 150 00 200 00 1,240 00 720 00 200 00 1,000 00 3,900 00 1,950 00 720 00 780 00 150 00 13,510 00 I
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