FORT WASHITA. INDN. T., July 31, 1862. (Received September 20, 1862.)
This is part of Pike’s letter to President Davis
I satisfied the Indians as best I could in regard to the “appropriation” of their clothing, by which they were left half naked and unshod. I had brought with me their annuities, and also $445,734 for the quartermaster, which, with the aid of $100,000 Indian money loaned him by me, enabled him to pay the two oldest regiments up to January 18 and manage to partly pay off his outstanding debts. In February, as I learn, moneys for us were sent to Majors Clark and Cabell, but not a dollar of these reached us until late in May. I sent an agent to Major Clark and procured from him $521,000. Late in June $830,000 more was brought us from Richmond; and these sums, with $110,000 received prior to February 24, are all that ever have come into this department.
Elmer