1st Session. Executive. PAYMENTS FOR NEGOTIATING INDIAN TREATIES SINCE 1829. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A statement of amounts paid to persons concerned in negotiating Indian treaties since 1829, 8C. May 18, 1840. To the House of Representatives of the United States : I transmit the report of the Secretary of War, furnishing a statement of the ainounts paid to persons concerned in negotiating Indian treaties since 1829, &c., which completes the information called for by the resolution of the House of Representatives, dated the 28th January, 1839, upon that subject, and the disbursing officers in the War Department. M. VAN BUREN. WASHINGTON, May 16, 1840. WAR DEPARTMENT, May 16, 1840. Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, a report of the Second Anditor, furnishing a statement of the amounts paid to persons concerned in negotiating Indian treaties since 1829, &c., which completes the information called for by the resolution of the House of Representatives, dated the 28th January, 1839; so much therein as relates to the disbursing offi. cers in the several bureaus of the department having been submitted, together with my communication of the 2d March, 1839. Very respectfully, your most obedient servant, J. R. POINSETT. The PRESIDENT of the United States. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Second Auditor's Office, May 14, 1840. Sir: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, an answer 10 so much of the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th January, 1839, asking for a statement showing the amount paid to persons concerned in Degotiating Indian treaties since 1829, &c., as was referred to this office. The reason why the information could not be promptly furnished when your communication was first received, was, at the time, assigned ; and I now have to add, that a great press of business has caused its delay till this time. Many accounts (and some of them very voluminous) having to undergo strict scrutiny, rendered the preparation of the statement tedious. T'he copy of the resolution, sent to this office, is herewith returned. I have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant, W. B. LEWIS. Hon. J. R. Poinsett, Secretary of War. EWIS. ned. 100s. il 01 3; and I ed when s office. med in extra charges.” Statement showing the li aggregate amount paid to all persons who have, since 1829, been concerned in negotiating troatica Cons with the names of such persons, and the sums respectively received by them in the way of per Persons concerned in negotiating, &c. Per diem. Mileage. Extra Amount. charges. July 15, 1830 Sacs and Foxes, Sioux, Oma- | Wm. Clark, commissioner has, lowas, Ottoes, and Mis- W. Morgan, commissioner John Ruland, secretary John H. Eaton, commissioner . E. Breathett, secretary John H. Eaton, commissioner, S. C. Stambaugh, commissioner - James B. Gardiner, commissioner James B. Gardiner, commissioner, John McElvain, commissioner William Walker, secretary James Gadsden, commissioner Douglass Vass, secretary Winfield Scott, commissioner John Reynolds, commissioner R. Bache, secretary. James Gadsden, commissioner John Coffee, commissioner N. Anderson, secretary Jonathan Jennings, commissioner John W. Davis, commissioner . Henry Hoover, secretary William Clark, commissioner G. B. Porter, commissioner Joshua Boyer, secretary George B. Porter, commissioner William Marshall, commissioner | E. A. Brusk, secretary $5,440 00 $2,016 80 3,362 40 $7,456 80 Dec. 29, 1832 Senecas and Shawnees, M. Stokes, commissioner H. L. Ellsworth, commissioner . J. F. Schermerhorne, commissioner S. C. Stambaugh, secretary E. A. Ellsworth, secrelary George B. Porter, commissioner E. A. Brush, secretary James Gadsden, commissioner Douglass Vass, secretary Thomas J. V. Owen, commissioner W. L. D. Ewing, secretary George B. Porter, commissioner - J. B. Duret, assistant secretary - J. B. Duret, secretary . Robert Lucas, commiss'r, (no treaty concluded) John A. Bryan, secretary . | Jehiel Brooks, commissioner . William Carroll, commissioner - John Hulbert, secretary C. Carler, secretary - E. V. Cicott, secretary J. B. Duret, secretary .. . | A. C. Pepper, commissioner J. B. Duret, secretary .. | A. C. Pepper, commissioner J. B. Duret, secretary 304 00 18 00 18 00 30 00 488 00 305 00 220 00 יייייייייייייייייייייייייייייייי 792 00 495 00 236 00 952 00 18 00 30 00 168 00 30 00 PI April May , 1836 88 Wyandots 55 Sept. 1836 18 00 36 30 00 732 00 550 00 75 00 24 00 432 00 102 00 96 00 75 00 700 00 102 00 96 00 1837 John A. Bryan, commissioner H. Dodge, commissioner Dodge, commissioner H. S. Baird, secretary J. W. Grimes, secretary William Clark, commissioner, G. G. Clark, secretary , 1836 Chippewas of Mississippi H. Dodge, commissioner W. R. Smith, commissioner - • V. Van Antwerp, secretary 1836 · Miamies H. L. Ellsworth, comm'r, (no treaty concluded) A. Hamilion, secretary 1837 Cherokees J. Mason, jr., commissioner J. Keller, commissioner C. Bu-b, secretary .. John Dougherty, commissioner . A. L. Davis, commissioner H. R. Schoolcraft, commissioner | Charles E. Anderson, secretary • J. F. Schermerhorn, comm'r, (treaty not con. 1837. cluded) Albert GEllis, secretary • R. H. Gillet, commissioner • Joseph McCutchen, commissioner H. C. Brush, secretary. | A. C. Pepper, commissioner Allen Hamilion, secretary N. B. The commissioners were paid at the rate of $8 per diem, while employed in negotiating, and $8 for every 20 miles' travel. * These sums include their compensation for much service rendered in the Indian country, between October, 1832, and January, 1835, beside negotiating treaties, but not being separaied in their accounts, they cannot be separated here. |