ment to that effect. Referring to instructions given to you in letter, from this office, of the 30th instant, of a more full and general character, nothing further at the present is deemed necessary to be said with reference to the duties required of you in winding up your affairs under your old bond, and assuming those pointed out to you under your new appointment. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Statement showing the action of the Indian Office since March 4, 1857, relative to applications for bounty land made by Indians. No. 104. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office Indian Trust Fund, November 30, 1860. SIR: I have the honor to report the following changes in the trust fund since the date of my last report: On the 24th of March last, the balance of the stock heretofore held in trust for the Wyandotts ($53,000 Tennessee 5's) was surrendered to them, under the provisions of the seventh article of the treaty of January 31, 1855. This closes the account with the Wyandotts. On the 29th of June, all the stock constituting the "mill fund" of the Pottowatomies, with the exception of $50,000 Maryland 6's, was transferred to the "education fund" of the same tribe. This was done with the assent of the Pottowatomies, under the provisions of the act of Congress of February 28, 1859. On the 9th of July, the six per cent. stock of the James River and Kanawha Canal Company, held in trust for the Cherokees, Choctaws, and Creeks, was exchanged for a like amount of stock of the State of Virginia, under the provisions of a recent law of that State. This arrangement will relieve the Indians from the inconvenience to which they have been heretofore subjected in consequence of the irregularity of the payment of interest on this fund. On the 20th of July, the stocks held in trust for the Chippewas of Swan Creek and Black River, were transferred to the account of the 566 Chippewa and Christian Indians," under the provisions of the second article of the treaty of July 10, 1859, with those Indians. The trust fund amounts, at date, to $3,396,241 82. Its condition is exhibited in detail in the accompanying schedules, numbered from one to three. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, HON. A. B. GREENWOOD, Commissioner of Indian Affairs. GODARD BAILEY, No. 1. INDIAN TRUST FUND. List of Indian tribes for whom stock is held in trust by the Secretary of the Interior, showing the amount to the credit of each tribe, their net annual income, and the date of the treaty or law under which the investments were made. |