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Confederate Treaty Appropriations for Indians. Two handwritten pages, 8" x 12", April 22, 1864, "Office of Indian Aff...
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Confederate Treaty Appropriations for Indians. Two handwritten pages, 8" x 12", April 22, 1864, "Office of Indian Affairs," Richmond, Virginia, submitted by "S. S. Scott, Commissioner" to Confederate Secretary of War James A. Seddon supplying the "Estimates of appropriations required to comply with treaty stipulations entered into between the Confederate States and certain Indian Tribes."Various sections of the document read in part: "Seminole Treaty, August 1, 1861. For permanent annuity payable December 30, 1864, under Article 38, $5000 of the same to be paid to the Treasurer of the Nation, to be used as the General Council may direct, & the residue of $20,000, to be paid per capita by the agent of the Seminoles to all the individuals of the Nation equally & share & share alike." [The total for this permanent annuity was $25,000.] "For annual provision for the support of schools payable the simmer 30th 1864, under Article 38, to be applied and expended under the direction of the President, by the agent of the Seminoles." [The total for this annual provision was $3000.] "The annual provision for smiths & smith-shops payable December 30, 1864 . . . to be paid to the Treasurer of the Nation, & expended under the direction of the General Council." [The total for this annual provision was $2200.]"For annual provision for agricultural assistance, payable December 30, 1864 . . . to be expended under the direction of the President by the agent of the Seminoles." [The total for this annual provision was $2000. The total for all of these payments was $32,200.]
Page two lists $110,000 of additional expenses, including $50,000 for "rations are provisions to be furnished the Reserve Indians"; $10,000 for "rations of provisions to be furnished the Comanches"; and $50,000 "To meet the incidental expenses of the public services within the Indian Tribes from June 30 to December 30, 1864." A "Recapitulation" appears at the end of the document giving the total for all appropriation estimates to be $142,200.
Between July and October 1861, the Confederate States quickly entered into separate treaties with major Southern tribes, including the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Osage, Creek, Seminoles, and Comanches. The tribes hoped to gain greater freedom from the Confederate States than they had from the United States. Fine condition.
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