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California S191 James Short Nome Cult Res. Cal Oct 13,' 63
Submits statement of indebtedness to him of a/c of the Indian service &c
Ackd and copy sent to Agt Steele Jan 27 1864
Return this Com
See letter to [No?] that May 25 1865
Mr. Comr
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Nomcult Resurvation Cala Oct 13th 1863
Hon Charles E Mix Commissioner of Indian affrs at Washington City DC
Sir
I have the honor of Transmiting to you a statement of claims whitch I have against The United States Government for moneys paid of my own funds during the winter of Sixty Two and Three for a sustenance for the Indians on this Reservation and also for seed wheat also for one emplyee on this Reservation freight and storage on garden seeds Beans and peas and Expenses of a trip from this Resrvation to San francisco under Superintendent Hansons order also money retained by Hanson from my salary as Supervisor he claiming that my salary had been curtailed also money expended for expences of Pack Train in my last on [illegible] to [illegible] City under Hansons order the United States
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James [Mears?] Dr
Nov 1868 Cash paid for hauling Indian goods garden seeds &c from the Warf in Tehama to warehouse work and commission on the same fifteen dollars in coin
The United States
James Short Dr
May 15th 1865
To a balance on services rendered the United States as supervisor on the Nome Cult Reservation from the first of July 1862 To date here of Inclusion twenty five dollars per month $262.50
Also forty two dollars and fifty cts paid out for stage fare, steamboat fare and [Hotell bills?] from this place to San francisco under Hansons order to receive the salerys [of the?] employees on this Reservation [the?] of his leaving for Washington city last December distance of four hundred miles also seven dollars expences for the pack train going and returning to Ukiah city last May under Hansons order for familys as employees on this reservation Hanson wrote to the post master at Ukiah city to detain the train until the familys arive he detained them four days and they did not come neither have they come yet the above [illegible]
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to Ukiah city last May under Hansons order for familys as Employees on this reservation Hanson wrote to the post master at Ukiah city to detain the train until the familys arive he detained them four days and they did not come neither have they come yet the above [illegible]
The four going amounts of money I have had to pay out of my own funds for the fact that the United States had no credit through Hanson therefore I had to become responsible my self and consequently had the money to pay and the greater portion of it in gold or let the Indians perish Last winter and also fail to raise a crop again this year for the lack of seed and also a sufficent number of employees I supposed when I left your city from what the Secretary of the Interior said I would get my money on my arival here however sutch is not the fact you will confer a great favor by seeing
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