MF1323.1197 Reel 39_0865

California H725 Thos. P. Henley San Francisco, Cal Jan 12, '64 (E) Enc. property returns &c in Oct 1st, '63 and submits statement rel. to stock in his hands belonging to the W. states - also enc. letter from Sup Wentworth

San Francisco Jan. 12th 1864. Wm P. Dole Esq., Commissioner Ind Affrs.: Find enclosed herewith property account bringing my affairs with the Department up to the 1st of October, also a letter of Supt. Wentworth showing his reasons for not receiving the cattle in his District still remaining in my hands. The cattle are at San Luis Obispo and are still in the hands of Major Hensley and J.C. Davis of whom they were purchased, and these gentlemen have given me notice that they will not be responsible for them any longer, on account of the prospect of a drouth [drought] and famine in that part of the Country and the great danger that they will be last by starvation, and the fact that their pastures are

not now sufficient for their now stock. The reason of this stock remaining so long an my hands, is that my suce ssors [successors] in office have never [illegible] in condition to receive it. The changes in Superintendents having been so frequently they have never need the necessary arrangements during their short time of office, although application was duly made successively to each one of them as he came into office. As an instance of the difficulty attending the dilivery [delivery] of stock I will [maintain?] that at the time of my ret iring from office, there were some six hundred head of cattle on my prop erty account, running in Nome Cult Valley and on the Reservation grounds - which Supt. McDuffie refused to receive because he had no horses to brand them. They have re mained to this day in my hands and it will be seen by my [illegible] that I have accounted for them by certificates of issue, as they

[illegible] been slaughtered and used on the Reservation, and at this time, there are still a number that I have not been able to diliver [deliver]. I wish also to call your attention to the horses [illegible] and oxen still remaining on my property [illegible], and which according to my instructions were turned over to Agent Gieger, who refused, as I have [illegible] [related?] to receipt for them. A part of [this?] property is on the Nome Cult Reservation, or at the Ranch of Geiger in Ishama County, and can be traced and recovered ^to the Department if proper steps are taken on that subject. I would suggest that the present Superintendent Steele be instructed to investigate this subject - recover the property on report the feud to the Department. Very Respectfully Your Obt Sevt. Theo J Hurley late Subt Ind Affs California