page_358 < previous page page_358 next page > Page 358 others for money advanced to them and vouchers for purchases made by Pike. There are three personal letters in the box: D. H. Cooper to Pike, July 28, 1873; William Quesenbury to Pike, August 10, 1873; William Quesenbury to Pike, August 11, 1873. All three letters have to do with a certain $5000 seemingly unaccounted for, a subject in controversy between Pike and Cooper, reflecting upon the latter's integrity. One of the papers is an itemized account of the money Pike expended for the Indians, money "placed in his hands to be disbursed among the Indian Tribes under Treaty stipulations in January, A.D. 1862." It contains an enclosure, the receipt signed by Edward Cross, depositary, showing that Pike restored to the Confederate Treasury the unexpended balance, $19,263 10/100 specie, $49,980 55/100, treasury notes. The receipt is dated Little Rock, March 13, 1863. c. Choctaw Case. Two packages of papers come under this heading. One is of manuscript matter mainly, the other of printed matter solely. In the latter is the Memorial of P. P. Pitchlynn, House Miscellaneous Documents, no. 89, 43d congress, first session, and on it Pike has inscribed, "Written by me, Albert Pike." RICHARDSON, JAMES D., editor. Compilation of the messages and papers of the Confederacy, including the diplomatic correspondence (Nashville, 1905), 2 vols. Compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1897 (Washington, 1896-1899), 10 vols. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Reports, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865. Congressional Globe, 37th and 38th congresses, 1861-1865. Department of the Interior, Files. The files run in two distinct series. One series has its material arranged in boxes, the other, in bundles. The former comprises letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs only, and has been examined to the extent here given, No. 9, January 1, 1861 to December 1, 1861. " 10, December 1, 1861 to November 1, 1862. " 11, November 1, 1862 to July 1, 1863. " 12, July 1, 1863 to June 15, 1864. " 13, June 15, 1864 to April 1, 1865. The latter were difficult of discovery. After an exhausting search, however, they were located on a top-most shelf, under the roof, in the file-room off from the gallery in the Patent Office building. The bundles are small and each is bandaged as were the Indian Office files, originally. The bandage, or wrapper, is labelled according to the contents. For example, one bundle is labelled, "No. 1, 1849-1864, War;" another, "No. 24, 1852-1868, Exec." In the first are letters from the War Department, in the second, from the White House. Some of the letters are from a  < previous page page_358 next page >