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The attention OF the Department has been iiTece 70 'i
Subject o: Indian treaties and particularly 70 the NAM!


which some OF those recently made have been executed IN
volyg the disbursement o. large OF none: iof 'e e
grafton and subsistence OF Indians


The fraud. that have been Tracscd n the Sou'hwe' nave
been to some extent inquired into, but 'r disclosure o a
.Sa &C.,, a. mot teep arrived at Enough mas however
ben brought to gh, to establish the conviction that eer' ,
contractors have realized the most enormous prom
grea,er portion OF which believed TO have been 'At


fruit of gross fraud upon the Government or IN in
,rac,;,ed bv trbing the subordinate . of
The public employment through the from
b;gber public agent- who only screen 70
[ % a con,.iyancc in the frauds BY 'pp''''s ~
the u,nutaton of gross negligence igA'f''''
tencv in the .crfornance sf their d1'i and tho


From the character Of be5s e. 'I,'S'o' a ' bse a
difficulty Of pg9I,ns re ' To tx upon the point where these
ranuenrrd or TO ascertain the boundaries Of responsibility
b numerous public officers and agents through whose
g. ~ Indirect nsiruIncntaiy, conniyance or ignorance
nn,racor< were able consumma;e helf unurncped
Jegn This investigation has been prosecuted with the


most painful reluctance though perseyered IN under para
mount duty and enough has been disclosed to g
gest an inquiry whether the guilty recipients may not be
Compelled to refund ,e niquiteus gains he Treasury by
process Of law.


All of which is respectfully submitted JOHN BELL