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Special Session of the Senate (1853), Doc. 4 notes
To. p. 34 Letters going out from D/I Office of Indian Affairs, Orlando Brown, CIA re:
commissions to CA agents and the Treaty negotiators Redick McGee, Wozencraft, and Barbour,
arranged chronologically, 1849-1852
After p. 34 Letters received, 1850arranged chronologically (probably a lot of duplication with
M234 rolls 31-32)
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Urgent requests for information re: condition (cf. Topographic engineers) J } phan con aiad [Wot we
Nevada County not in AJ’s or any Indian Office jurisdiction _
15 5/22/1851 almost immediately, Congress slashes amount for negotiations from $75 K to 25,
though commissioners don’t learn of this for months; p. 18: 6/27/51: once%gone cease
“negotiations; money they did have was misspent on useless items for gifts; in any event travel
costs and labor and food very expensive. Treaty commissioners make promises not in power to
deliver and subject to later congressional appropriations and requiring military support, which is
unavailable (. Amount of indebtedness/obligation incurred by Treaty Comms, shocking, but paled
in comparison to unnecessary, pecuniarily motivated, California Indian wars (2 million) [Beale,
heading for CA in Aug. 1852, asks for 120 K for 1852-53, but quickly says $500,000 needed.]
Interestingly on Sept. 7, 1852 after treaties rejected Lea to Superintendent Beale] writes that
$100,000 [$25 K for presents] appropriated as of Aug. 30, 1852 “for the preservation of peace
with those Indians who have been dispossessed of their lands in California, until permanent
arrangements can be made for their future settlement.” (29-30). Beale comes up with the “new”
plan in late 1852 (see below)
coastal Indians moving to mountains; Indians around bay already wiped out
Jurisdiction: sub-agent AJ (Adam Johnson) to have San Joaquin, Sutter the Sacramento (37). AJ
arrived 11/3/1849 and the most competent and knowledgable of public servants, early observing
35: Indians think of themselves as property of rancho owners; kept from Indian country by winter
weather. Declining commission as sub-agent, Sutter in 5/23/51 letter says to pay AJ more, make
provisions for more interpreters; “I cannot pass the matter without
calling the attention of your department to the fact that the Indians of
this country are scattered over a very wide extent of country, made
up of ma/yly very small tribes, and treaties must be made with each of ON Cunt,
these, if treaties are made at all.”(37) i
Letter of 7/6/5to Orlando Brown (38-42) AJ was south of San Francisco when he heard of difficulties in aft dan
May Bear River and Wolf Creek where “several whites were killed, and some property destroyed by fire.” pe
Thinking a government agent should be present, he set out for Camp Far West but meeting General Thomas J. 9 G 04>
Green in Sacramento and Governor Burnett, who were just about to leave on the steamer for SF and went with
them, leaving again and arriving June 7. b / a
(38) “On inquiry I found the people of that vicinity did not view the transaction [Green’s treaty] of the 23d as of 7 SQ
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4 . rn) very great importance or utility in controlling or restraining the Indians. Such transactions sometimes receive
. much of their magnitude from being reduced to paper. From all that I could learn in the vicinity of the
ter os difficulties
. Ri ; and upon my knowledge of the Indian character in this country, and their present condition, 1 am of the
. W o Le” — opinion it would be miserable policy on the part of the government to adopt the treaty as it stands.
ture My reasons for coming to this conclusion are the following: you
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