Your treaty of 186G with the Crook Nation reaffirmet this claim. and your honmrble boily. by acts of appropiation of 1t70. 1871. 17%). 1873. 1874. and 1875. approprialing the interest on saidufsnd. lave tiekitowlelged it. The clairmants. as individuals. love receipted your Government f r the accrued interest on these funds as well as the principal already paid. Soyeral of tie original irhans are dead. and their heirs inierit their rights. and those i*h still survive tire ness generally feeble with age. some of them having grand. huldren. and bythe lotwar havebeen reduced to abject poverty and distress. and greatly need what is due them. ir view of these facts the undersigned. in behalf of said Creek orphans. respect frlly solicit Your honorable body to enact such letislatio as will authorize sad direct the issurnee of United States 5 per cent. bonds iii place of the $74.300 of the dereciated bonds allrdedto. and providingthat tire United States Government take these depreciated bonds as itsown propertyr and. further. thatyour honorable bedcy make the necessary apprepriation either in money or United States 5 per cent. btrnda to cover the siuro t S.ie.t9 of said Creek orphans. misapplied by the Government for general purposes of tie Creek Natlo.. slo. tre Anom of $106. 9.68. misapplied b rh e Government for the support of loyal refugees of the Creek NFatton. s that tire same may be applied by the Presideit for the beneficof the claim. ants. as provided by the said act of Congress of March 3. 137. Very respeettully. your obedient servants. 13. N.
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