WAR DEPARTMENT.,

WAsH1NGrnN APRIL 16 1912
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w ASHISGTON, APRIL lb, 1912.


SIR: have the honor to transmit herewith a
report of Lieutenant Colonel Hitchcock in the
ease of Milly, an Indian woman of the Creek ma
ton, who, in 1918, when quite young, saved the
life of a white prisoner captured by her tribe and
sentenced to be put to death


She is now residing with her people at the west
"A poor destitute widow, without the means OF
support having lost all her property, and her chill
dren too young to provide for her or themselves.
Similar to the romantic scene in our early history,
her peculiar case demands our sympathy and ad-
lniration, and strongly commends itself to the
favorable consideration of your committee and of
the House. l would recommend that pension
for life, of eight dollars per month be allowed her
by the Government. 1t may be an inducement to
preserve the lives of those captured by hostile In
dians, and be the means of mitigating to a great
degree, the barbarous cruelty of savage warfare


1 have the honor to be, with great respect. your
obedient servant, j. {. SPENCER.


Hon. JAMES COOPER, ----


Chairman Of the Committee on Indian Affairs