It was a diversion of a trust fund CONGRESSIONAL kECOttSENATE. held not for the Creek Nation. but for a part of the Creek Nation. That question was submitted by the Secretary of the Interior to Attorney.General Devons. who says: The aecruediuterest of the Creek orphan fund. arising from investments made in interestbearing stocks. was drawn out of the Treasury by the Indian Bureau in ehe same manneras interest on trust funds is generally &-awn. Bit the act of the burean in devoting it to the benefit of loyal refugees of this tribe was a diversion -of the fund net authorized by the original intention of the treaty. the act providing for the creation of the same. nor by the subsequent legislation during the rebellion. It was a special fund belonging to a part of the Creek people. The Government had no right to divert that special fund to the use of the Creeks generally but it having done so. now what course is to be pursued?
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