36-1Indian AffairsReport : Petition of R. Martin. [1069] Supplies to California Indians in 1851.1860-11

House of Representatives Report No. 495, 36th Congress, 1st Session (1860)

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36Tlf CoNGREss, l HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 5 REPORT 1st Session. S l No. 495. R.. C. MARTIN. [To accompany Bill H. R. No. 693.] MAY 4, 1860. Ur. ETHERIDGE, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, made the following REPORT. The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the petition of Richard C. JJfarttn, praying that an appropriation be made for the payment of a draft for $1,05 0 drawn by G. W. Barbour, Indian commissioner, on Ridick JJfcKee, di8bursing agent for the Unif.ed States in Oalijo1·nia, beg leave to report: That in .the year 1851 Thomas W. Lane furnished beef cattle to said Barbour for the use of the Indians in California who were then threatening hostilities on account of their starving condition, and received from said Barbour his draft on the then disbursing agent of the United States, Ridick :M:cKee, for one thousand and fifty dollars, which said draft was duly presented for payment, but was not paid, because the appropriation for the purpose of maintaining peace with the Indians in California was exhausted. That subsequently said Lane assigned, by indorsement, said draft to the petitioner, for the sum of one thousand and fifty dollars, the full amount and value of the same ; that a.t the first session of the thirty-fifth Congress peti-tioner presented his petition (and filed said draft with the same) to the Congress of the United States, which, together with said draft, was lost or mislaid without his negligence or fault; that at the second session of said thirty-fifth Congress he presented his petition, setting forth the facts and alleging the loss of the papers filed .at the first session, and the Committee on Indian Affairs unanimously authorized a report. in favor of the petitioner, but owing to the want of time by reason of the expiration of the session, report was not made, and the papers in the case were lost or mislaid, and cannot now be found. The committee are satisfied of the authority of Barbour to draw said draft) and of the legality and genuineness of the assignment to Martin) and that said draft has never been paid, therefore report the accompanying bill ; and in consideration of the peculiar circum-stances attending the claim recommend that it be passed at the earliest possible day. 

R. C. Martin. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 693.)

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R. C. Martin. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 693.)

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