38-1Indian AffairsReport : Memorial of N. McLean et al. [1206] Sioux agents during 1849-1857 in
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House of Represenatives Report No. 7, 38th Congress, 1st Session (1864)

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cSTu Co1\GRE::ss, } 1st Session. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. {REPORT No. 7. NATHANIEL McLEAN, R. G. MURPHY, AND C. E. FLANDREAU. [To accompany bjJl H. R. No. 162.] JANUARY 22, 1864.-0rdered to be printed. Mr. WINDOM, from the Committee on Indian-Affairs, made the following REPOR1.1 • Tke Comm£ttee on Ind1.'an A._ffairs, to whom was niferred tke memorial cif Na-thaniel Me L ean, R . G. JJittrplzy, and C. E. FlandTeau, have lwd the same under consideration, and subm£t ilte following report: It seems, upon investigation, that Nathaniel McLean was appointed Indian agent of the Sioux, in l\1inn<:sota, on the 3d clay of December, 1849, and con-tinued to hold said office until the 22d day of May, 1853, when he was suc-ceeded by Richard G. liurphy, who officiated until the 16th day of October, 1856, when he was succeeded by Charles E. Flandreau, who continued to hold the office until the 3d of March, 1857. The compensation was then but $1,000 per annum, althoug·h it was understood by all that the salary should be in-creased to $1.500 per annum, being· the same as agents of the other tribes received. This was recommended by Luke Lea, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in a letter sent to Governor Ramsey, who was also acting as superintendent of In-dian affairs of Minnesota at that time. Gov.ernor Ramsey also recommended the same. George W Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs in 1853, and Willis A. Gorman, governor of Minnesota and ex officio superintendent of Indian affairs, also recommended the same. More lately, A . . B. Greenwood, the recent Commissioner of Iridian Affairs, re-commended an increase to the Sllm which other agents received. William J. Cullen, ex-superintendent of Indian affairs, also urged upon the government the justice of such allowance. All of these give as their reasons for an extra compensation that the duties of the agent were much more arduous than a large majority of the other agencies; that the disbursements were much greater, and that the receipts exceeded nearly all others; the removal of the Sioux was attt~ndecl with much trouble, and that the duties in other respects warranted the salary to be equal to the sum paid the other agents. Subsequently, after the retiring of the last-mentioned memorialist, the salary was increased to the sum of $1,500. The committee, considering these facts, unanimously recommend the sum askrd for in the bill presented by l\1r. Windom. 

Nathaniel McLean, R. G. Murphy, and C. E. Flandreau. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 162.).

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Nathaniel McLean, R. G. Murphy, and C. E. Flandreau. (To accompany bill H.R. no. 162.).

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