Under those circumstances the Government of the United States took from the Treasury of the United States. and. as it is claimed. from the funds which were due to the Creeks under the existing treaties. the amounts of money which were necessary to support and maintain such of the loyal Creeks as were then suffering from starvation and sickness. driven away from their own homes by their own people. The Government of the United Statesfrom thisfurdwhich is alleged to be due to the Creek orphans paid these sums: $68.956.29 at one time and $106.799.68 at another time. This the committee state in their report in both instances was "taken without authority of law from said fund and applied to the general purposes of the Creek Nation." The refugees who were loyalto the Government. whether they were representatives of this Creek orphan fund or whether they were members of the nation entitled to the annuities due to the nation. received this amount of money. and it was paid under acts of Congress passed from time to time. In addition to the act referred to by the Senator from Massachusetts. I will refer the Senator to a section contained in the Indian appropriation bill for 1863: That the Secretary of the Interior be. and he is hereby. authorized to expend such part. of the amount heretofore appropriated to carry into effect any treaty stipulation with any tribe or tribes of Indians. all or any portion of whom shafl be in a state of actual hostility to the Government of the United States. including the Cherokees.
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