42nd Congress. Alleged Frauds Against Certain Indian Soldiers. House of Representatives Report, 2nd Session, No. 96.
United States Pension-Agency, Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, February 10, 1871. SIR: I am referred to you by Rev. J. B. Jones, United States agent, for information relative to the case of the minor children of Moses Varny, late a private of Company A, Third Indian Home Guards. A pension was allowed to said minors on […]
United States Pension-Agency, Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation, February 10, 1871. MADAM: We are referred to you by Rev. J. B. Jones, United States agent, for information respecting Jackson Walker, minor child of Nicholas Walker, late a private in Company I, Second Regiment Indian Home Guards. A pension was allowed to said minor child, and paid
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Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, February 9, 1871. SLR: At the suggestion of J. B. Jones, United States Indian agent for Cherokees, that you will furnish us such information as is within your power concerning the widow and children of John Sickey, or See-kee-kee, formerly of Company, Third Indian Home Guards, as follows: As to the
Indian Territory, February 8, 1871. SIR: We have been requested to inquire of you relative to the following claims for bounty, &c. Please advise us of the amounts paid, and to whom; also whether by check, or in current money: John Vann, late of Company A, Third Regiment Indian Home Guards; Joseph Vann father and
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During the war of the rebellion a number of the residents of the Indian Territory, members of the various tribes therein located, were organized into regiments for military service in the armies of the United States, and were designated as the First, Second, and Third Regiments of Indian Home Guards. They were regularly mustered into the United States service, borne upon the rolls of the Army, and paid upon the monthly muster and pay rolls by paymasters of the Army. Numbers 1 and 2 of accompanying documents show that those troops were regularly recognized as in service.
Company A, 1st Regiment, Indian Home Guards Names in Ledger of Alex Clapperton, Ft. Gibson, seized by the US Department of the Interior, Most are dated between 1868 and 1869. Each have a Receipt Number. Deceased are listed as dead. Cho-no-ha-goh Ge-ke-peh Ho-tul-ke-ya-ho-lah Kap-pe-go-geh Ka-he-ya-ho-lah La-the-fa-ha-goh Tot-kes-ha-got. 2nd Ta-me-ga-chi Gok-got-ho-goh Pa-llat-keh Ko-ne-pe-a-ho-la Go-he-ma-rah Kag-ga-fix-e-koh Gon-we-pax-ha-keh
March, 1870. In these following cases the drafts for $85 were issued today in the following cases: Names of soldiers. Co. Reg’t. Names of soldiers. Co. Reg’t. Wolf Downing H 3 Joseph Price I 3 Edward Bowfin I 3 Saw-Poor-Boy I 3 Warm I 3 John R. Goard I 3 John-nee B 1 Henry Margua
Office Of Indian Affairs, August 9, 1870. Sir: I have the honor herewith to submit for your information and consideration, copy of a letter received the 5th instant, from Captain J. N. Craig, United States agent for the Cherokees at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, explaining the cause of the double applications for pension in certain
No. 1 A. FORT GIBSON. C. N., August, 1, 1865. DEAR SIR: I have, been here for a month attending to business for the Cherokees and Creeks, particularly for bark pay of deceased soldiers and pensions for widows. The three Indian regiments were mustered out the 31st of May, 1865, and each company had a
Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, February 7, 1871. SIR: Enclosed please find declaration for increase of pension in the case of Elizabeth Walking Stick, including pensioner’s affidavit relative to discrepancies between the documents of today and those of her original application. We also transmit herewith the original papers, and also the pensioner’s certificate. The identity of
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Fort Gibson; Indian Territory, February 15, 1871. Sir: We enclose herewith additional declaration and testimony in the case of Nancy Jumper, widow of Jumper, application No. 110,510. If evidence as to birth of children of the character furnished is to be accepted, we recommend the allowance of this claim with increase. We have, as in
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United States Pension Agency, Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, February 7, 1871. SIR: We are requested by the applicant to inquire the condition of the claims for original and additional bounty of Eliza Young Deer, widow of Young Deer, (on the Adjutant General’s rolls as David Young Deer.) Claimant has been allowed a pension, and has
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Executive Department Of The Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, January 26, 1871. Gentlemen: Enclosed you will please find a list of the names of the districts, and also a list of the judges of the several districts up to present time. Also copies of the act in relation to marriage and estate, and the act in relation
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Creek Agency, September 1, 1869. Sin: I have the honor to enclose herewith discharge and other papers of a Creek subject named Tef-fah. He says that the account of his retained pay is correct, but he further states that he is entitled to bounty, and as he has not received it, he would like to
Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, February 7, 1871. SIR: Enclosed herewith please find application for bounties, original and additional, of James Taylor, late a private in Company C, of the Second Regiment Indian Home Guards. If, as we believe, these claims have been already paid, it will be advisable to trace the money to its destination.
Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, February 9, 1871. SIR: Delilah Parris, sister of Albert Chicken, formerly of Company M, Third Indian. Borne Guards, killed at or near Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, May 20, 1863, represents that, as administratrix, she made claim for bounty, through John W. Wright, in 1865, and was sworn by said Wright to said
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Creek Agency, Creek Nation, March I1, 1870. Personally appeared before me, F. A. Field, Captain, United States Army, Indian agent Creek Nation, the undersigned, a Creek woman, and a widow of AR-HAR-LOC-YARHOLA, late of Company E, First Regiment Indian Home Guards, who testifies that she has received but $85 on account of the services of
Creek Agency, December 30, 1869. SIR: I have the honor to report that Sarah Jefferys, widow of George Jefferys, Company G, Eighty-third Regiment, United States Colored Troops, and applied for her bounty, or the bounty her husband was entitled to for his services. She states that J. W. Wright took the discharge of her husband,
