WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1824---1857
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of the different boards of commissioners appointed under the 17th article of the Treaty of 1835, was trespassed upon by instruc- tions issued from the Office of Indian Affairs; whether in the opinion of the Attorney General those instructions issued to the boards were or were not conformable to the treaties, whether the session of the board was interrupted and broken up at any time by instructions, or orders issued from the Office of the Com-· missioner of Indian Affairs, whether any claims were allowed and paid by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs without the adjudica- tion of the board of commissioners; whether the last board of commissioners undertook after their commission had expired to annul adjudications previously made, and made other rejections and disallowances, after their commissions had expired; whether the commissioners without authority of law, appointed agents and sent them into the Cherokee country to value property, allowing them compensation, charging the same to, and paying them out of funds appropriated to pay claims provided for under the different articles of the·treaty of 1835 and 1836; whether any part of those appropriations have been improperly applied; whether, in the opinion of the Attorney General, the said treaty and the supplement has been faithfully and in good faith, carried into execution on the part of the United States, agreeably to the letter and spirit; and whether anything yet remains to be done by the United States, fully to comply with her obligations to the Cherokees, growing out of, and provided for, by the treaties of 1817, 1819, and 1835 and 1836; also, all the treaties affecting the rights of the Cherokee who inhabited and were located in the country west of the Mississippi. 1 Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, 1st Sess., 33d Cong., Ser. No. 689, p. 681, August 4, 1854. The Senate agreed to the reso- lution. Thanks to Mr. Winkler for this reference.
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To JAMES B. SHA W 1
Memphis, 28th Nov., 1856. My Dear Shaw, When I had last the pleasure to see you, I spoke to you about paying my Taxes. Now, my friend, I pray you to attend to the matter and draw on me for the amount. Please take the receipt in my behalf, showing by whom paid, or let the Name paying the amount be endorsed on the receipt, or receipts.
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