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Abbott, Thomas J., in relation to the official conduct of R. W. McHenry, agent.--Letter to John B. Hogan, agent ... 673
Abercrombie, A., of Russell county, Alabama., anticipating Indian hostilities.--Letter to Governor C. C. Clay, from ... 702
Abert, Lieutenant Colonel J. J., certifying agent, directing him to draw on the Secretary of War for money to purchase provisions for Indians in Georgia.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 584
In relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 608

Letters to the Secretary of War, asking instructions ... 635, 637

In relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians, and to their removal west.-- Letters to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs from ... 639
Abert, J. J., Lieutenant Colonel.--(See Topographical Engineers.)
Academy.--(See Military Academy.)
Accoutrements.--(See Arms.)
Letters with estimates for the purchase of ... 430
Adjutant General., submitting copies of communications on the subject of the hostilities of the Creek and Seminole Indians.--Letters from the ... 579, 580
Relative to the proposed augmentation of the general staff of the army.--Letter from the ... 826
Alabama.--Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida by the State of ... 409
Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting instructions to Major General T. S. Jesup and other officers of the army, and correspondence with governors of States and agents, in relation to the causes of hostilities of the Creek Indians in ... 574

That the pay of the militia, when in the service of the United States, be increased.-- Memorial of the legislature of ... 991, 1003
Alabama volunteers temporarily called out by the governor to guard against hostilities of the Creek Indians.--Report of a committee on the claim of a battalion of ... 1083
Alexander, Lieutenant T. L., as aide-de-camp.--Report of a committee on the claim for pay of ... 1085
Ammunition.--(See Arms.)
Anderson, George D., agent., in relation to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.-- Letters from the Secretary of War to ... 614, 622, 623
Asking further instructions.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 706
Appropriations., committed to the Engineer department, to be applied during the year 1836, with the name of the superintendent, nature of the work, &c.--Statement of ... 863
Necessary to complete certain military roads.--Report of a committee relative to the amount of ... 985
Arkansas.--Report of a committee on the expediency of removing troops from Fort Gibson to the western boundary of ... 181
Report from the Secretary of War on the location and erection of a magazine and depot for arms in ... 411

Letter of the Secretary of War, with estimate for the construction of a depot for arms in the State of ... 431

Report of a committee relative to the amount necessary to complete military roads in ... 985
Arkansas river, Arkansas.--Improvement of the navigation of the ... 854
Armament of fortifications for national defence.--Letter of the Secretary of War recommending the construction and ... 15
Of fortifications, and estimates for fortifications, arsenals, and armories, &c.--Letter of the colonel of ordnance ... 121
Armories.--Letter of the colonel of ordnance, with estimates for fortifications, arsenals, and ... 121
Report of a committee on the application for an increase of compensation by officers of the ... 155

Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the arms made and expenses incurred in 1835 at the national ... 804

Statement of work done at the national and private, in 1836 ... 919

Report from the Secretary of War, with a statement of the number and cost of each of the national ... 963, 964

Statement concerning the national ... 964
Armory in the west.--Report of a committee on the expediency of establishing an ... 97
At Springfield, Massachusetts.--Report of a committee on the claim of Roswell Lee for inspecting arms at the ... 169

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Arms, accoutrements, and ammunition.--Abstract of the annual returns of, to militia for 1835 ... 27
Letter of the Secretary of War, with estimate for the construction in Arkansas of a depot for ... 431

Letter of the Acting Secretary of War on the erection in Ohio and Tennessee depots for ... 443
Arms made and expenses incurred at the national armories in 1835.--Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the ... 804
Same for the year 1836 ... 919
Arms and ammunition to Wisconsin.--Memorial of the legislature of Wisconsin for ... 1003
Army.--Report of committee in relation to an increase of the number of officers and the reorganization of the corps of topographical engineers of the ... 3
Army in 1836.--Register of the officers of the ... 34
Officers of the line employed in the staff and other detached service of the ... 51

Organization of the ... 52

List of military posts and arsenals in 1836 ... 53
Army officers on duty in the military bureaus.--Report of the Committee on Claims for additional pay and emoluments to ... 81
Army.--Letter of Lieutenant J. S. Gallagher on the want of moral and religious instruction in the ... 119
Letter of the Secretary of war, with a statement of the effective force, and pay and emoluments of each grade in the ... 127

Report of committee on the expediency of providing for the appointment of chaplains for the ... 147

Report of the Secretary of War on an increase of the numerical force of the ... 156

Report of the Secretary of War, with items of all accounts and claims for pay and allowances of every kind which were paid in 1833 and 1834 to officers of the ... 187

Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an increase of the rank and file of the ... 784

Statement of the present and proposed organization of the ... 786

Report of a committee, with estimates of the expense of a proposed increase of the ... 791

Annual report showing the condition of the, in 1836 ... 806

Organization of the, in 1836 ... 820

Return of the, for 1836 ... 821

Position and distribution of the eastern department of the, in 1836 ... 823

Position and distribution of the western department of the, in 1836 ... 825

Statement showing the number of recruits enlisted from January 1 to September 30, 1836 ... 826

Explanatory estimates for the support of the, for the year 1837 ... 968

Register of officers of the, for 1837 ... 1004

Organization of the, in 1837 ... 1022
Arsenals and military posts in 1836.--List of ... 53
Arsenals.--At Charleston, South Carolina.--Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the establishment of ... 94
In the State of Missouri.--Letter of the Secretary of War on the expediency of establishing ... 95

In North Carolina.--Report of committee on the expediency of establishing ... 98

And armories.--Letter of the colonel of ordnance, with estimates for fortification ... 121

At St. Louis.--Report of the Secretary of War ih relation to the alteration of the ... 147

At Charleston, South Carolina.--Report of committee on the expediency of establishing ... 173

Estimate for supplying with indispensable accoutrements and stores the several ... 185

In Mississippi.--Resolution of the legislature of Mississippi for the establishment of a military depot or an ... 185

Letter of the Secretary of War, with explanatory estimates for ... 427

At St. Louis.--Letters in relation to the site for a powder magazine attached to the ... 429

Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting a statement of the number and cost of each of the national armories and ... 963, 964

List of military posts and 1023
Artillery.--Register of officers of the, for 1836 ... 37
Lineal rank of officers of the, for 1836 ... 43

Report of committee on a proposition to purchase a patent right for pointing heavy ... 103

Register of officers of the, for 1837 ... 1008

Lineal rank of officers of the ... 1013

Statement of the relative rank of officers of infantry, dragoons, and ... 1015
Ashtabula, Ohio.--Progress made in the improvement of the harbor of ... 866
Estimate for 1837, for the harbor of ... 871
Atkinson, Brevet Brigadier General.--Report of a committee on a claim of Lieutenant T. L. Alexander for pay as aide-de-camp to ... 1085
Attorney General of the United States., in relation to school lands in Alabama and Mississippi.--Letter to the Secretary of War, with the opinion of the ... 619
In relation to the purchase of lands from the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Opinion of the ... 695
Augusta, Georgia.--Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida by the city of ... 408
Austill, Jeremiah, deputy marshal southern district of Alabama.--Letter to the Secretary of War in relation to the killing of Owens, and to the removal of settlers from reservations in Alabama ... 633
B.
Baltimore, Maryland.--Deepening the channel leading to the harbor of ... 852
Barbary.--Report of committee on claim of the heirs of General William Eaton, for his services and losses in 1805 on the coast of ... 1

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Bass river, Massachusetts.--Improvement of the harbor at the mouth of ... 850
Batteries for the defence of bays and harbors.--Report of committee in relation to the expediency of constructing floating steam ... 11
Bays and harbors.--Report of committee in relation to the expediency of constructing floating steam batteries for the defence of ... 11
Beacon-lights.--Report of the engineer-in-chief on the condition of light-houses and ... 855
Beaufort, North Carolina.--Improvement of the harbor of ... 853
Bell, William H.--Report of committee on memorial of, for the purchase of his patent right for pointing heavy artillery ... 103
Report of committee on claim for additional pay and allowances as assistant engineer on the Delaware breakwater ... 148
Benson, N. E., Benjamin Fitzpatrick, and John Martin.--Letters to Secretary of War in relation to Creek reservations in Alabama ... 634
Big Sodus bay, Lake Ontario, New York.--Improvement of the channel at ... 849
Bird, Henry C., a justice of the peace, Chambers county, Alabama.--Presentment of the grand jury of Chambers county, Alabama, for malfeasance of office ... 649
Black river harbor, Ohio.--Progress made in the improvement of ... 867
Progress made in erecting a beacon-light at ... 867
Black Rock, New York.--Report of the superintendent of public works on the improvement of the harbor at ... 865
Estimate for the work at, for 1837 ... 868
Blue, Major W., assistant agent of Creek emigration.--Reports of the proceedings of ... 731, 732, 740, 743 745, 746
Bomford, Colonel George.--(See Ordnance department and Secretary of War.)
Boston harbor.--Resolution of legislature of Massachusetts for an appropriation for the defence of ... 410
Breakwater.--Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the erection of a mole and fortification for the protection of the Delaware ... 22
Brevet rank--Report of committee on claim of Brevet Major General Alexander Macomb for pay and emoluments corresponding with his ... 29
Brevet second lieutenants.--(See Graduates.)
Bridgeport harbor, Connecticut.--Improvement of the channel leading to the harbor of ... 851
Bright, James, agent of Creek emigration.--Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with instructions, &c., in relation to the Creek Indians in Alabama ... 586, 588, 589, 590
In reference to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letter of instructions from the Secretary of War to ... 596

Letters to the Secretary of War asking for instructions ... 635

In relation to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty of March, 1832.-- Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 661
Brooks, John T., in relation to a fraud committed, by which Fushatcha, a Creek Indian, was deprived of his land.--Testimony of ... 665, 666
Brown, Ethan A.--(See Commissioner of the General Land Office.)
Brunswick, Georgia.--Removal of the bar at the entrance of the harbor at ... 854
Buffalo, New York.--Report on the improvement of the harbor at ... 865
Estimate, for the year 1837, for the improvement of the harbor at ... 868
Butler, B. F.--(See Attorney General of the United States.)
Burney, J. W., agent of Creek emigration., in relation to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter from the Secretary of War to ... 614, 622, 623
Asking further instructions.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 706
C.
Cadets attached to the army in 1836.--List of ... 50
Attached to the army in 1837--List of ... 1020
Cadets.--(See Graduates.)
Calhoun, John C.--(See W. S. Colquhoun.)
Call, Governor R. K., of Florida.--Letter from the Secretary of War in relation to Indian hostilities in Florida, and vesting the command of the troops in ... 788
Camp equipage--Report of the Secretary of War in relation to furnishing the militia, when called into the service of the United States, with knapsacks and ... 93
Camp equipage, &c.--Letter from the Secretary of War, with explanatory estimates for ... 427
Cannon required to arm fortifications, the number that can be supplied in a year, &c.--Letter from the Secretary of War on the number of ... 413
Cantonment Des Moines.--Report of a committee on the opening of a military road from Fort Gibson to ... 12
Cape Fear river, North Carolina.--Improvement of ... 853
Carr, Paddy--In explanation of the contents of a letter from some of the chiefs of the Creek Indians to the Secretary of War and witnessed by ... 669
In relation to the alleged frauds in the purchase of Indian reservations in Alabama.-- Testimony of ... 680
Cass, Lewis.--(See Secretary of War.)
Cedar Point, Connecticut.--Progress in securing the beach at ... 851
Chaplains in the army.--Report of a committee on the expediency of providing for the appointment of ... 147
Charleston, South Carolina.--Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the establishment of an arsenal of construction at ... 94
Report of a committee on the same ... 173
Chester harbor, Pennsylvania.--Repairs of piers and wharves of ... 852
Chicago harbor, Illinois.--Improvement of ... 849
Christiana creek, Delaware.--Removal of the bar at the mouth of ... 852

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Christy, William.--Report of a committee on the claim of, for military services in the war of 1812 ... 32
Church's cove, Rhode Island.--Construction of a breakwater at ... 851
Clay, C. C., governor of Alabama, in relation to the organization of the militia for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Alabama.--Letters from the Secretary of War to ... 625, 696, 627, 628, 629
Transmitting letters from sundry officers and others, and communications from meetings of citizens, in relation to anticipated Indian hostilities.--Letters to the Secretary of War from ... 693, 697, 704, 706, 710
Clerks, messengers, &c., of the Topographical bureau--Estimate for the year 1837 for the ... 913
Cleveland, Ohio.--Progress in the improvement of the harbor of ... 866
Estimate for 1837 for the improvement of the harbor of ... 873
Clothing, &c., for the years 1835, 1836, and 1837.--Statements of the cost of ... 845, 846
Clothing, camp equipage, &c., for the year 1837.--Estimate for ... 972
Clough, John P., in relation to frauds practiced upon the Cherokee Indians in Alabama.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 594, 601
Coker, Thomas W., implicated in a fraudulent sale of land belonging to Fushatchee, a Creek Indian.--Testimony in relation to ... 665
Colquhoun, William S.--Report of committee on claim of, as assistant commissary of subsistence ... 92
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letters of John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War ... 92

Letters of Lewis Cass, Secretary of War ... 92, 93

Letter of General George Gibson ... 92

Letter of William S. Colquhoun ... 93

Account of William S. Colquhoun against the United States ... 93
Commissary General of Subsistence.--Letter to the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of correspondence in relation to the causes of hostilities of the Creek and Seminole Indians in Alabama and Florida ... 574
Letter to John W. A. Sanford & Co., announcing the appointment of Captain John Page superintendent of Creek emigration ... 697

Forms for carrying out the regulations concerning the removal of Indians, prepared by the ... 717

Letter to the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence in relation to the emigration of Indians ... 721

In relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Letters to J. W. A. Sanford & Co., contractors, from ... 656, 762, 774

Letters to Captain John Page, disbursing agent ... 775

Letters to Colonel John B. Hogan, superintendent of Creek removal ... 776, 777

Copy of the contract, for the emigration of the Creek Indians, between J. W. A. Sanford & Co. and the ... 782

On an increase of the number and rank of the officers of the commissary department.-- Letter from the ... 787

Transmitting a statement of the moneys remitted and charged to contractors and disbursing officers during the first, second, and third quarters of 1836.--Letter from the ... 832, 833

Recommending appropriations to be applied to the suppression of Indian hostilities.-- Letter from the ... 965

Transmitting estimates for subsistence of the army for the year 1837.--Letter from the ... 972
Commissary General of Purchases--Estimates for the, for the year 1837 ... 842
Statement of moneys drawn from the treasury on account of various appropriations during the first three quarters of 1836 by the ... 842

Statements of moneys received and disbursed up to the 30th of September, 1836, by the ... 843, 844, 845, 846

Submitting estimates for clothing, camp equipage, &c., for the army for the year 1837.-- Letter from the ... 972
Commissioner of the General Land Office.--Letter to the Secretary of War, asking that an appropriation may be made for the purchase of patents and records ... 710
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, transmitting copies of papers relating to the execution of the treaty with the Creek Indians of March 24, 1832.--Letters to the Secretary of War from the ... 574, 582
Letters to Leonard Tarrant, agent, directing him to send thirteen Creek boys to the Choctaw academy, in Kentucky ... 584, 580

Authorizing Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Abert, certifying agent, to draw upon the War Department for certain moneys.--Letter from the ... 584

Transmitting instructions, --c., to Robert W. McHenry, agent, in relation to the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the ... 585, 586, 587, 589, 591, 592, 593, 594, 603

Transmitting instructions, &c., to Leonard Tarrant, agent, in relation to Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the ... 585, 587, 588, 589, 592, 593, 597, 598, 599, 600, 602, 604

Transmitting instructions, &c., to James Bright, agent, in relation to the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the ... 586, 588, 590

Transmitting instructions, &c., to J. W. A. Sanford, agent, in relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the ... 589, 601

Transmitting instructions, &c., to R. J. Meigs, agent, in relation to the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the ... 588, 590

In relation to frauds practiced upon the Cherokee Indians.--Letter to John P. Clough from the ... 594

Letters to Robert W. McHenry, referring to charges implicating his official conduct ... 602, 603, 606, 607

Letter to Opothle--yoholo, and other chiefs of the Creek nation, in relation to the balances due them ... 602

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In relation to frauds practiced in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter to H. C. Thompson ... 603

In relation to the official conduct of Robert W. McHenry, agent, and to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter to Colonel John B. Hogan, superintendent of Creek removal ... 603, 604, 606, 607, 609

In relation to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letters to O. K. Freeman, and other citizens of Alabama ... 603, 604, 607, 612

Letter to Colonel Benjamin Reynolds, agent Creek emigration, approving his official proceedings ... 605

In relation to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letters from John B. Hogan, superintendent of Creek removal, to the ... 613, 618, 644, 670, 685, 686, 687, 689

Transmitting sundry papers in relation to frauds practiced in the sale of Indian reservations in Alabama.--Letter to the Secretary of War from the ... 620

In relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians, and to their removal west.-- Letter from Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Abert, agent, to the ... 639

In relation to charges preferred against the certifying agents in Alabama, and to frauds practiced in the execution of the Creek treaty of March, 1832.--Letters from Leonard Tarrant, agent, to the ... 642, 647, 652, 655, 664, 667, 669, 689

Referring to frauds alleged to have been practiced, and explanation of his official conduct. --Letters from R. W. McHenry, agent, to the ... 645, 648, 664, 667, 676, 677, 683

In relation to depredations committed by the Creek Indians in Georgia.--Letters from Leonard Tarrant, agent, to the ... 646, 648

In relation to frauds practiced in the execution of the Creek treaty, and to their removal west--Letter from William Dougherty to the ... 658

In relation to the payment of the annuity, and to removal of the Creek Indians west-- Letters from John B. Hogan, superintendent ... 705
Conneaut harbor, Ohio.--Progress in the improvement of ... 866
Estimate for 1837 for the improvement of ... 871
Connecticut.--Statement of the number of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812--'15, their entry and continuance in the service, their discharge, &c., from the State of ... 932, 961, 962
For balance due for services of the militia, claim of the State of ... 984
Connor, Major David, assistant conductor of Creek emigration.--Report of the proceedings of ... 734, 741
Contractors and disbursing officers.--Letter from the commissary general of subsistence, transmitting a statement of the moneys remitted and charged during the first, second, and third quarters of 1836, to ... 832, 833
Crawford, Robert L., marshal of the southern district of Alabama, in relation to the removal of the Creek Indians from Alabama.--Letter from the Secretary of War to ... 584
Letters to the Secretary of War in relation to the removal of intruders from Creek reservations in Alabama ... 636, 637, 638, 639
Crawford, Thomas, agent.--Letter from the Secretary of War, with instructions to ... 612
Crawford and Wallis, for services against the Indians in 1832.--Report of committee on claim of companies commanded by Captains ... 55
Creek Indians--Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence with officers of the army and others, as to the causes of the hostilities of the ... 574
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to certain chiefs of the Creek nation, respecting locations of land made for some of the ... 589

Letters from the Secretary of War, to certain chiefs of the Creek nation, relating to frauds practiced upon the ... 600, 601

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relating to the balances due the ... 602

In relation to frauds practiced upon them, and to their removal west--Letters from chiefs of the ... 642, 643, 645, 646, 647, 662, 675, 685, 703

Statement of moneys received and disbursed up to the 30th September, 1836, for the suppression of the hostilities of the ... 348
Creek and Seminole Indians in Alabama and Florida.--Report of the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence, showing the causes of the hostilities of the ... 574
Report of a committee on the claim of a battalion of Alabama volunteers called out for the suppression of the hostilities of the ... 1083

(See Secretary of War and Commissioner of Indian Affairs.)
Creek and Seminole Indians in Florida.--Report from the Secretary of War, authorizing calls on the different States and Territories for volunteers and militia to suppress the hostilities of the ... 1026
Statement of the force employed in the suppression of the hostilities of the ... 1051, 1053, 1061, 1062 (See Indians.)
Cross, Major Trueman.--Report of committee on claim for pay of a quartermaster general while performing the duties of that office ... 174
(See Quartermaster's department.)
Cumberland road.--Report of the chief engineer on the progress made in constructing the ... 855, 899
Report of the officer in charge of the ... 896

Statement of funds available and expended during the year 1836 for the construction of the ... 898

Statement of funds required for the year 1837 for continuing the construction of the ... 899
Cumberland river.--Improvement of the ... 854
Report of the officer in charge of the improvement of the ... 891
Cunninghan, creek.--Progress in the improvement of ... 866
Estimate for 1837 for the improvement of ... 872

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D.
Dawson, A. B., and others, of Russell county, Alabama, in relation to frauds alleged to have been committed in the purchase of lands from the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 692
Deas, Doctor.--Report of committee on claim of, for services to United States troops on board the brig "Planter" ... 32
Deas, Lieutenant Edward, disbursing agent of Creek emigration, in relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Correspondence between the commissary general of subsistence and ... 772, 773, 774, 778
Deaths in the army in 1837.--List of ... 1019
Defence of bays and harbors.--Report of committee in relation to the expediency of constructing floating steam batteries for the 11
Of Boston harbor.--Resolutions of the legislature of Massachusetts for an appropriation for the defence ... 410

Of the western frontier of Louisiana, preservation of neutrality with Texas and Mexico, &c.--Letter of the Secretary of War on the ... 412
Defence of the coast of the United States.--Letter of the chief engineer, with statement of fortifications and steam batteries for the ... 112
Defences.--Letter of the Secretary of War recommending appropriations for the construction and armament of fortifications for the national ... 15
Of the country.--Message of the President on the means and measures necessary for the military and naval ... 365

Of the country.--Resolutions of the legislature of Maine, asking liberal appropriations for the ... 404
Delaware.--Statement of the number of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812--'15, their entry and continuance in the service, the date of their discharge, &c., from the State of, ... 938, 961, 962
Delaware breakwater.--Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the erection of a mole and fortification for the protection of the ... 22
Prosecution of the work on the ... 852

Report of the officer in charge of the works at the ... 879
Delaware river, near Fort Mifflin.--Progress in the removal of the bar in the ... 852
Report of the officer in charge of the works on the ... 878
Des Moines.--Report of committee in relation to the opening of a road from Fort Gibson to cantonment ... 12
Disbursing officers.--Letter from the commissary general of subsistence, transmitting a statement of the moneys remitted and charged to, during the first, second, and third quarters of 1836 ... 832, 833
Dismal swamp canal, Virginia.--Improvement of the debouches of the ... 853
District of Columbia.--Report of the Secretary of War, with estimate of the cost, and plans for a national foundery in the ... 82
Report of a committee on the expediency of establishing a national foundery in the ... 414

Statement of the number of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812--'15, their entry and continuance in the service, and the date of their discharge, &c., from the, ... 959, 961, 962
Dodge, Colonel Henry.--Report of Secretary of War in relation to an expedition to the Rocky mountains, under the command of ... 130
Double rations.--Report of committee on claim of Brigadier General John E. Wool for an allowance of ... 10
Report of committee on claim of Captain W. H. Bell for additional pay and ... 148

Report of committee on claim of General Daniel Parker for ... 447
Dougald, D. M., and others.--Proposing interrogatories to General John W. A. Sanford, late certifying agent under the last treaty with the Creek Indians ... 681
Dougherty, William.--In relation to frauds said to have been committed upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 599
In relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in the sale of their reservations.-- Letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs from ... 658
Dover harbor, New Hampshire.--Deepening the channel leading into ... 850
Dragoons.--Register of officers of, for 1836 ... 37
Register of officers of, for 1837 ... 1008

Statement of the relative rank of officers of artillery, infantry, and 1015
Dunkirk harbor, New York.--Report on the improvement of the harbor at ... 865
Estimate for 1837 of the amount required for the works at ... 868
Duxbury, Massachusetts.--In relation to the preservation of the point of land leading to the fort and light--house at the Gurnet, near ... 850
E.
Eastern department of the army in 1836.--Position and distribution of the ... 823
East Florida.--(See Florida.)
Eaton, heirs of General William.--Report of committee on claim for services and losses on the Barbary coast against Tripoli in 1805 ... 1
Edmundson, M. S., and others of Paulding county, Georgia., in relation to Indian hostilities in that State.--Letter to Governor W. Lumpkin from ... 641
Elbert, John L.--Report of committee on application of, for payment for a horse killed on account of a contagious disease ... 147
Elliott, G. W., and others of Russell county, Alabama., in relation to the frauds alleged to have been committed in the purchase of lands from the Creek Indians.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 691

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Engineer department of the army for 1836.--Officers of the ... 35
Engineer department.--Report in relation to the fortifications, their garrisons, steam batteries, &c., necessary for the defence of the coast ... 112
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Statement of works proposed, with estimates ... 112

Table showing the distribution, by States and Territories, of forts which are built, &c. ... 118

Table showing the amount of money expended on forts that are finished, &c ... 119
Engineer department in 1836.--Report on the condition of the ... 846, 856
Statement exhibiting the fiscal concerns of the ... 857

Statement showing the amount of money drawn from the treasury, and amount of accounts rendered by officers and agents of the ... 860

Estimates for 1837 for the improvement of rivers and harbors ... 868, 887, 966

Statement of the works projected by the board of engineers, and an estimate of their cost ... 862

Statement of appropriations committed to the, with the name of the superintendent, nature of the work, &c ... 863

Statement of artillery, small arms, &c., distributed to the, in 1836 ... 925

Statement of the fortifications completed and in progress, the original estimate, and the cost of each.--Report from the ... 963

Estimates of funds required for 1837 for the office of the chief engineer of the ... 968

Explanatory estimates for 1837 for the ... 983

Register of the officers of, for 1837 ... 1007
Engineers of the army.--Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to an increase of the corps of ... 11
Register of, for 1836 ... 36

(See Topographical engineers.)
Erie, or Presque Isle, Pennsylvania.--Report of operations on the works at ... 865
Estimate for the construction of a breakwater at ... 870
Estimates.--Of funds required on account of fortifications for the year 1836 for the defence of the sea--coast of the United States ... 17, 18
Of funds required for the year 1836 for the commencement of new fortifications for the defence of the sea--coast ... 17

For additional appropriations for the Quartermaster's department for 1836 ... 54

Of the cost and plans for a national foundery in the District of Columbia, and of the site proposed therefor ... 82, 83

For fortifications, arsenals, and armories, and for the armament of fortifications, &c ... 121

Of the expense of the numerical increase of the army, &c ... 156

For supplying the arsenals with indispensable accoutrements and stores during the year 1836 ... 185

Of repairs of certain fortifications, and for arsenals, magazines, camp and garrison equipage, knapsacks, haversacks, and accoutrements.--Letter of the Secretary of War, with explanatory ... 427

For the repair, &c., of Forts Marion, Monroe, and McHenry ... 428

For a powder magazine at the arsenal at St. Louis, Missouri ... 429

For accoutrements for the army, additional ... 430

For a depot for arms, &c., in Arkansas ... 431

For supplying arsenals with stores ... 431

Of the quartermaster general, for 1837 ... 432

Of expense of militia and volunteers for suppressing Indian hostilities in Florida.-- Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting ... 788

Of the expense of a proposed increase of the army.--Report of a committee with ... 791

From the commissary general of purchases for the year 1837 ... 842

For 1837 of funds required for the improvement of rivers and harbors ... 868, 887, 966

For 1837 for the prosecution of surveys by the Topographical bureau ... 813

For 1837 for clerks, messengers, &c., of the Topographical bureau ... 813

For the suppression of Indian hostilities.--Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting ... 965, 1080

For 1837.--For the Military Academy ... 967

For fortifications ... 967, 983

For certain roads ... 968

For the support of the army ... 968

For the Ordnance department ... 1024
Estell, Isaac, assistant agent of Creek emigration.--Reports of the proceedings of ... 732, 734, 736, 740
F.
Fairweather island, Connecticut.--Construction of a sea wall at ... 851
Findley, Doctor.--Report of a committee on claim of, for services to United States troops on board the schooner "Francis Jane" ... 32
Fitzpatrick, Benjamin, John Martin, and N. E. Benson.--Letter to the Secretary of War in relation to Creek reservations in Alabama ... 634
Floating steam batteries for the defence of bays and harbors.--Report of a committee in relation to the expediency of constructing ... 11
Florida.--Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of St. Augustine in relation to Indian hostilities and military operations against them during the year 1836 ... 19
Application of citizens of East Florida for the protection of the government against the hostility of the Indians in ... 23

Message of the President in relation to military orders and operations against the Indians in ... 56

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Florida.--Paper prepared by Major Thomas F. Hunt in relation to indemnity to the States for advances, &c., for the suppression of Indian hostilities in ... 406
Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made by the Territory of, for the suppression of Indian hostilities in ... 409

Message of the President of the United States on the causes of the hostilities and military arrangements and preparations against the Indians in ... 433

Letter of the Secretary of War on the causes of hostilities in Florida, and the removal of the Creek Indians ... 445

Message of the President of the United States on the causes of the hostility of the Creek and Seminole Indians, and the instructions and correspondence for their removal west of the Mississippi ... 450

Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of correspondence with Major General Jesup, governors of States, and agents, showing the causes of the hostilities of the Creek and Seminole Indians in Alabama and ... 574

Report from the Secretary of War, with estimates of expenses of the militia and volunteers engaged in the suppression of Indian hostilities in ... 788

Statement of moneys received and disbursed to the 30th September, 1836, in the suppression of Indian hostilities in ... 844

On the operations of the army under Governor R. K. Call, and instructions to General Jesup to assume the command of the army in ... 992

Estimates for the suppression of Indian hostilities in ... 965, 1080

Report from the Secretary of War, authorizing calls on the different States and Territories for volunteers and militia for the suppression of hostilities of the Creek and Seminole Indians in ... 1026

Statement of the force employed in the suppression of Indian hostilities in ... 1051, 1053, 1061, 1062

General orders respecting the volunteers and militia in ... 1063, 1064
Florida militia., exceeding in number what the laws allow.--Report of a committee on the claim of the officers of a brigade of ... 1082
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letters from the paymaster general ... 1082, 1083

Letter from Governor R. K. Call ... 1083
Fort Adams, Narraganset Roads, Rhode Island.--Progress made in the completion of ... 847
Fort Calhoun, Virginia.--In relation to the work at ... 848
Fort Caswell, North Carolina.--Progress made in the completion of ... 848
Fort Columbus and Castle William, New York.--Report in relation to repairs at, in 1836 ... 847
Fort Delaware, Delaware river.--Progress made in construction of ... 847
Fort Gibson.--Report of committee in relation to a military road from Cantonment Des Moines to ... 12
Report of committee on the expediency of removing troops to the western boundary of Arkansas from ... 181
Fort Independence, Boston harbor, Massachusetts.--Progress made in the completion of ... 847
Fort Jackson, Louisiana.--In relation to the condition of ... 848
Fort Livingston, Grande Terre, Louisiana.--In relation to the condition of ... 848
Fort Marion, St Augustine, Florida.--Letter of the chief engineer, with an estimate of the amount necessary for the repair of ... 428
Fort McHenry.--Letter of the chief engineer, with estimate for the repair of ... 428
Fort Mifflin, Delaware river.--Progress made in the repairs at ... 847
Fort Monroe.--Letter of the chief engineer, with estimate for the repair of ... 428
Fort Morgan, Mobile Point, Alabama.--In relation to the works at ... 848
Fort Pickens, Pensacola harbor, Florida.--In relation to the improvements at ... 848
Fort Pulaski, Georgia.--In relation to the construction of ... 848
Fort Schuyler, East river, New York.--Progress made in the construction of ... 847
Fort Warren, Boston harbor, Massachusetts.--Progress made in the completion of ... 846
Fort on Foster's Bank, Florida.--Progress made on the works of the ... 848
Fort on the Gulf coast of Mississippi.--In relation to the construction of a ... 856
Forts in Charleston harbor, South Carolina.--In relation to the condition of the ... 848
Fortifications for the protection of harbors on the sea--coast.--Report of committee in relation to the erection of ... 3
Report of Secretary of War, recommending appropriations for the construction and armament of ... 15

For the protection of the Delaware breakwater.--Report of the Secretary of War in relation to the construction of a mole and ... 22

Garrisons, steam batteries, &c., for the defence of the coast.--Statement of cost, &c., of ... 112

Letter of the colonel of ordnance, with estimates for arsenals, armories, and ... 121

Statement of the amount which can be expended annually upon the construction of ... 406

Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the number of cannon to arm the ... 413

Letter of the Secretary of War, with explanatory estimates for the repair of certain ... 427

For the defence of Narraganset bay.--Memorial of the legislature of Rhode Island for the completion of the ... 783

In 1836.--Report of the chief engineer on the condition of the ... 846

Amount expended for contingencies of ... 848

Funds available for the construction of ... 857
Fortifications.--At Fort Adams, Narraganset Roads, Rhode Island ... 847, 857
At Fort Calhoun, Hampton Roads, Virginia ... 848, 857

At Fort Caswell, Oak island, North Carolina ... 848, 857

In Charleston harbor, South Carolina ... 848, 857

At Fort Columbus and Castle William, Governor's island, New York ... 847, 857

At Fort Delaware, Delaware river ... 847, 857

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Fortifications.--At Fort Independence, Boston harbor, Massachusetts ... 847, 857
At Fort Jackson, Louisiana ... 848, 857

At Fort Livingston, Grande Terre, Louisiana ... 848, 857

At Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida ... 848, 857

At Fort Mifflin, Delaware river ... 847, 857

At Fort Monroe, Hampton Roads, Virginia ... 848, 857

At Fort Morgan, Mobile Point, Alabama ... 848, 857

At Fort Pickens, Pensacola harbor, Florida ... 848, 857

At Fort Pulaski, Cockspur island, Georgia ... 848, 857, 885

At Fort Schuyler, East river, New York ... 847, 857

At Fort Warren, Boston harbor, Massachusetts ... 846, 857

On Poster's Bank, Florida ... 848, 857

On Lake Champlain.--In relation to the selection of a site for a ... 856

Completed and in progress.--Statement exhibiting the number, the original estimate of the cost, and the amount already expended on each of the ... 963

Estimates for 1837, for the erection of ... 967, 983
Foundery in the District of Columbia.--Report of the Secretary of War, with estimate of cost, and plans for a national ... 82
Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the number of cannon to arm the fortifications, and the establishment of a national ... 413

In the District of Columbia.--Report of committee on the expediency of establishing a national ... 414
Freeman, O. K., attorney for Fushatcha, a Creek Indian, in relation to a fraud practiced in the sale of the lands belonging to Fushatcha.--Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 603, 604
Transmitting the testimony of sundry persons in relation to the fraud upon Fushatcha by Thomas W. Coker.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 665

In relation to frauds practiced by R. W. T. McHenry, agent.--Letter from John B. Hogan to ... 671
Frontier of Louisiana.--Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to preserving neutrality with Texas and Mexico, and the defence of the western ... 412
Frontiers.--Report of the Secretary of War in relation to an increase of the army, &c., for the defence of the ... 156
Of Louisiana during the war between Texas and Mexico.--Letter of the Secretary of War, recommending an increase of the army for the preservation of neutrality on the ... 412

Message of the President of the United States, with instructions and correspondence with General Gaines, for the preservation of neutrality on the ... 416
Fushatcha, a Creek Indian.--Letters to the Secretary of War, transmitting sundry papers in relation to a fraud practiced by Thomas W. Coker, by which he was deprived of his land ... 665
G.
Gaines, Major General E. P.-- Letter to the Secretary of War in relation to the neutrality of the United States on the western frontiers during the war between Texas and Mexico ... 417, 419
Letter to the governors of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee, on the same subject ... 420
Gallagher, Lieutenant J. S.--Letter in relation to the want of moral and religious instruction in the army ... 119
Garrett, J. H., major of Alabama militia, asking for instructions to increase his force.--Letter to Governor C. C. Clay from ... 701
Gayle, John, governor of Alabama, transmitting a copy of an act passed by the legislature of Alabama designed to afford protection to the Creek Indians ... 637, 638
Letter to Colonel John B. Hogan, emigrating agent, for information in reference to the temper of the Indians ... 727
General and staff officers of the army for 1836 ... 34
Genesee river, New York.--Progress made in the improvement of the ... 849
Georgia.--Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida by the cities of Savannah and Augusta ... 407, 408
Paper in relation to advances made for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida by the State of ... 408

Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence in relation to Indian hostilities in Alabama and ... 574

Statement of the number of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812--'15 their entry and continuance in the service, their discharge, &c., from the State of ... 949, 961, 969
Gibson, George.--(See Commissary General of Subsistence.)
Glenn, James E.--Letter to Major John H. Howard, referring to robberies committed by the Indians in Barbour county, Alabama ... 705
Graduates of the Military Academy, 1836 ... 47
Grand river, Ohio.--Progress made in the improvement of the harbor of ... 866
Gratiot, C.--(See Engineer department.)
H.
Hall, John H.--Report of committee on the petition of, for the purchase of his patent right for making rifles ... 104, 987
Hall's rifle factory, at Harper's Ferry.--Statement of the operations of, in 1835 ... 806

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Halt, Samuel D., and others, citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, anticipating Indian hostilities.-- Letter from ... 698
Hammond, Cadet.--Restoration to the Military Academy of ... 908
Harbors.--Surveys of, by topographical engineers in 1835 ... 3
Report of committee in relation to the erection of fortifications for the protection of ... 3

Report of committee on the expediency of constructing floating steam batteries for the defence of bays and ... 11
Harbors and rivers.--Report of the chief engineer on the improvement of ... 849
Appropriations available for the improvement of, whence derived, &c ... 857

Estimates of funds required for the improvement of, for 1837 ... 868, 966
Harding, E., captain of ordnance.--Letter to Governor C. C. Clay, in relation to his company ... 697
Harper's Ferry armory.--Statement of the operations of, in 1835 ... 805
Harris, C. A.--(See Secretary of War.)
Herring, Elbert.--(See Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Secretary of War.)
Hogan, Colonel John B., superintendent of Creek removal, in relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians, and to frauds said to have been committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letters from the Secretary of War to ... 600, 605, 610, 611, 612, 614, 623
In relation to the official conduct of Robert W. McHenry, agent, and to frauds committed in the execution of the treaty with the Creek Indians.--Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 603, 604, 606, 607, 609

Letters to the Secretary of War in relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians, and referring to frauds said to have been committed in the execution of the creek treaty ... 613, 617, 620, 670, 701, 707, 751

Letters to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in relation to the execution of the duties of his office, and to frauds committed in certifying contracts ... 613, 618, 644, 667, 670, 685, 686, 687, 689, 705

In relation to claims of heirs of deceased Creek Indians.--Letter to the President of the United States from ... 663

In relation to frauds committed in certifying contracts.--Letter to the President of the United States from ... 671, 673

Referring to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter from R. W. McHenry, agent, to ... 673

In relation to the removal of the Creek Indians.--Correspondence between J. W. A. Sanford & Co., contractors, and ... 696

Referring to the appointment of Captain John Page as superintendent of Creek removal.--Letter from John D. Howell to ... 696

In relation to the alleged frauds in certifying contracts.--Correspondence between D. McDougald and ... 701, 702

Letter to Captain Wm. Walker declining to take an interest in the firm of J. W. A. Sanford & Co ... 708

Letter to the Secretary of War in relation to anticipated Indian hostilities in Alabama ... 709

Letters to the commissary general of subsistence, transmitting reports of assistant agents, and giving an account of his proceedings as emigrating agent ... 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 728, 720, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 738, 741, 742, 743, 744, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751

Letter to Governor John Gale, recommending him to apply for a military force to be stationed at Fort Mitchell ... 727

Letter to Major John Phipps, assistant conductor, with instructions ... 735

In relation to the investigation of frauds committed on the Creek Indians in the sale of their lands.--Letter to J. W. A. Sanford from ... 742

In relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Letter to J. W. A. Sanford & Co. from ... 748, 745
Hook, Major James H.--Report of committee on claim for pay and emoluments as acting commissary general of subsistence ... 411
Hopothyoholo and other chiefs of the Creek Indians, in relation to locations of land made for some of the Creek Indians.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 589
Relating to balances due the Creek Indians.--Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 602

In relation to frauds committed upon them and to their removal west.--Letters from ... 642, 643, 645, 646, 647, 685, 703
Horse killed on account of a contagious disease.--Report of committee on application of John L. Elbert for payment for a ... 147
Horses lost in the service of the United States.--Resolution of the legislature of Indiana in relation to compensation for ... 94
Hostilities of the Creek Indians.--(See Creek Indians.)
Hostilities with Indians.--(See Indians Florida.)
Hostilities of the Seminole Indians.--(See Seminole Indians.)
Howell, John D., and others, in relation to the purchasers of land under the last treaty with the Creek Indians.--Interrogatories propounded to Benjamin Marshall by ... 681
Howell, John D., referring to the appointment of Captain John Page as superintendent of Creek removal.--Letter to John B. Hogan from ... 696
Howard, Major John H., in relation to anticipated Indian hostilities in Georgia and Alabama.-- Letters to the Secretary of War from ... 577, 652
Asking that more may be raised to suppress Indian hostilities.--Letter to Governor Clay from ... 704
Howard, Colonel Joseph H., and others, in relation to frauds committed in obtaining titles to lands belonging to Creek Indians.--Resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Macon county, Alabama ... 655
Hudson river, New York,--Improvement of the navigation of the ... 852
Report of the officer in charge of the works on ... 877

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Hunt, Captain Thomas.--Report of committee on claim for additional pay and emoluments while on duty in the bureaus at Washington ... 81
Hunt, Major Thomas F.--Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made by several States for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida ... 406
Hunt, Thomas F.--(See Quartermaster General.)
Hunter, Colonel Wm, assistant agent of Creek emigration.--Report of the proceedings of ... 736, 739
Huron harbor, Ohio.--Progress made in the works at ... 867
Estimate for 1837, for the improvement of ... 873
Hyannis breakwater, Massachusetts.--Progress of the work on ... 850
I.
Illinois.--Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812--'15, their entry and continuance in the service, the date of their discharge, &c., from the State of ... 957, 961, 962
Increase of the army.--Report of a committee, with statement of estimates of the expense of a proposed ... 791
Increase of compensation.--Report of committee on application of officers of the national armories for an ... 155
Indemnity to the States who made advances for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida.-- Paper by Major Thomas F. Hunt in relation to ... 406
Indiana.--Resolution of the legislature of the State of, in relation to compensation for horses lost by rangers in the service of the United States ... 94
Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812--'15, their entry and continuance in the service, the date of their discharge, &c., from the State of ... 956, 960, 961, 962

For payment for services in protecting certain Indian chiefs who had signed a treaty.-- Report of a committee on the claim of militia of the State of ... 1078
Indian hostilities in Florida--Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting estimates of expenses of militia and volunteers for suppressing ... 788
Statement of moneys received and disbursed to September 30, 1836, in the suppression of ... 844

Estimate of and recommendation for an appropriation for the suppression of.--Report of the Secretary of War ... 965, 1080

Report of the Secretary of War, authorizing and transmitting copies of calls on the several States and Territories for volunteers and militia for the suppression of ... 1026

Statement of the force of volunteers and militia engaged in the suppression of ... 1051, 1053, 1061, 1062

(See Seminole, Creek, &c.)
Indians in Florida.--Proceedings of a meeting of citizens of St. Augustine in relation to the hostilities of and military operations against the ... 19
Application of citizens of East Florida for protection against the ... 23

Message of the President in relation to orders and military operations against the, &c. ... 56

Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made by several States and municipal authorities for the suppression of the hostilities of the ... 406

Message of the President of the United States on the causes of hostilities and military arrangements and preparations against ... 433

Letter of the Secretary of War on the causes of hostilities in Florida, and instructions for the removal of the Creek ... 445

Message of the President of the United States on the causes of hostilities of the Creek and Seminole Indians in Florida, with instructions and correspondence for their removal west of the Mississippi ... 450
Infantry.--Register of officers of the, for 1836 ... 40
Officers for 1836.--Lineal rank of ... 44

Register of officers of the, for 1837 ... 1010

Lineal rank of officers of, in 1837 ... 1014

Relative rank of officers of artillery, dragoons, and ... 1015
Ingersoll, S. M., assistant agent of Creek emigration.--Report of the proceedings of ... 758
Inspector general of the army.--Report of Committee on claim of Brigadier General John E. Wool for double rations as ... 10
Irvine, C.--(See Commissary General of Purchases.)
J.
Jackson, Andrew.--(See President of the United States.)
Janis, sr., John Baptiste.--Petition for remuneration for services under General George Rogers Clarke, against Kaskaskia and Vincennes, in 1778 ... 404
Jesup, Major General Thomas S.--Letter from the Secretary of War assigning to him the command of the militia of Alabama and Georgia, called into service for the suppression of Indian hostilities ... 622
Letters of instructions to ... 629, 631, 632, 633
Jesup, Thomas S.--(See Quartermaster General.)
Jones, Adjutant General Roger.--(See Adjutant General.)
K.
Kaskaskia.--(See John Baptiste Janis, sr.)
Kennebunk, Maine.--Continuing the construction of the piers at ... 850
Kentucky.--Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812--'15, their entry and continuance in the service, the date of their discharge, &c., from the State of ... 950, 961, 962

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Kentucky.--Memorial of the legislature of, for the payment of the militia called into service on the requisition of General Edmund P. Gaines ... 986
King, Benjamin, assistant surgeon.--Report of a committee on the claim of, for additional pay ... 1084
(See Surgeon General.)
King, Hon. John P., in relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Correspondence between the Secretary of War and ... 594, 650
Knapsacks for the militia when called into the service of the United States.--Report of the Secretary of War in relation to furnishing camp equipage and ... 93
Letter from the Secretary of War, with explanatory estimates for ... 427
L.
Lake Champlain.--In relation to the selection of a site for fortifications on ... 856
Lake Erie.--Improvement of the harbors on the south shore of ... 849
Steam dredging machine for ... 868

Estimates, for 1837, for continuing the improvement on the works on ... 874
Lake Ontario, New York.--Relating to improvements on ... 849
Lead annually made from the United States lead mines.--Statement of, from 1821 to 1835 ... 926
Lee, Henry.--Report of committee on the petition of, to be released from a judgment against him as security for John Ricaud, paymaster of the 36th regiment of United States infantry ... 31
Lee, Colonel Roswell.--Report of committee on claim for extra pay, as superintendent of Springfield armory, for inspecting arms made by contract ... 169
Lewis, Hon. Dixon H., in relation to frauds practiced in the purchase of lands from the Creek Indians.--Letter from the Secretary of War to ... 615
In relation to an appropriation asked for the relief of the Creek Indians.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 635

Relating to certain school lands in Alabama.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 703
Light-houses and beacon-lights.--Condition of, in 1836 ... 855
Appropriations available for, whence derived, &c. ... 859

Lineal rank of artillery officers for 1836 ... 43, 1013

Of infantry officers for 1836 ... 44, 1015
Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.--Protection and improvement of ... 851
Louisiana--Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida by the State of ... 409
Letter of the Secretary War in relation to the defence of the western frontier of ... 412

Statement of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, and the date of their discharge, from the State of ... 955, 961, 962
Lumpkin, Wilson, governor of Georgia, in relation to the passing of Creek Indians from Alabama into Georgia.--Correspondence between the Secretary of War and ... 587, 592, 636, 641, 643
M.
Macomb, Brevet Major General Alexander.--Report of committee on claim for pay and emoluments corresponding with his brevet rank ... 29
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General Macomb's explanation ... 29

Certificate of the Second Auditor of the Treasury ... 30
Macomb, Major General Alexander.--Letter to the Secretary of War in relation to the neutrality of the United States during the war between Texas and Mexico ... 424
Submitting statements showing the condition of the army in 1836 ... 817
Magazine and depots of arms in Arkansas.--Report of the Secretary of War on the location and erection of a ... 411
Magazines.--Letter of the Secretary of War, with explanatory estimates for ... 427
Maine.--Resolution of the legislature of, asking appropriations for the defence of the country ... 404
Mardis, Hon. Samuel W., in relation to the Creek reservations under the treaty of March, 1832.-- Correspondence between the Secretary of War and ... 592, 643
Marshall, Benjamin.--Answer to certain interrogatories propounded to him by John D. Howell and others, in relation to the lands purchased under the last treaty with the Creek Indians ... 681
Martin, John, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, and N. E. Benson.--Letter to the Secretary of War in relation to Creek reservations in Alabama ... 634
Martin, Colonel W. B., of Jacksonville, Alabama, anticipating Indian hostilities.--Letter to Governor C. C. Clay, from ... 699, 700
Maryland.--Statement of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 938, 961, 962
Massachusetts.--Resolution of the legislature of, for an appropriation for the defence of Boston harbor ... 410
Statement of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 928, 961, 962
McGrabb, Lieutenant J. W.--Letter to General R. Jones on the subject of the hostilities of the Creek Indians in Alabama ... 579, 580, 581
McDougald, D., in relation to alleged frauds committed in certifying contracts.--Correspondence between the investigating agents and ... 701, 702
McHenry, Robert W.,jr., certifying agent, in relation to the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, with instructions, &c., to ... 585, 586, 587, 589, 591, 592, 593, 594, 603

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McHenry, Robert, jr., certifying agent, in relation to frauds said to have been practiced in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Correspondence between the Secretary of War and ... 594, 596, 598, 599, 635, 639, 659, 661, 662, 664
Referring to charges implicating the official conduct of, and to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians.--Correspondence between the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and ... 602, 603, 606, 607, 645, 648, 651, 666, 667, 683

Letter from Colonel John B. Hogan to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in relation to the charges preferred against ... 644

Letter to Thomas J. Abbott, clerk to Colonel John B. Hogan ... 664

Referring to frauds practiced in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter to John B. Hogan from ... 673
McIntosh, Brevet Major J. S.--Letters to General R. Jones on the subject of the hostilities of the Creek Indians ... 579, 580, 581
McLemon, Charles, and others, citizens of Chambers county, Alabama, in relation to frauds practiced upon Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letter to the President of the United States from ... 649
Medical department of the army.--Register of the officers of the, for 1836 ... 36
Estimates for 1837 for the ... 974

Register of the officers of the, for 1837 ... 1005
Meigs, R. J., agent, in relation to reported frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians.--Letter from the Secretary of War to ... 587, 590, 591
In relation to reported frauds practiced upon valuable Cherokee improvements. Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 588

Transmitting instructions in relation to the Greek Indians in Alabama.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 590

Letter to the Secretary of War asking instructions ... 640
Merrimack river, Massachusetts.--Completion of the breakwater on ... 850
Mexico.--Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the preservation of neutrality with Texas and ... 412
Message of the President of the United States, with instructions and correspondence in relation to preserving neutrality on the frontiers during the war between Texas and ... 416
Michigan.--Statement of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 959, 961, 962
Military Academy.--List of graduates of the, in 1836 ... 47
Officers of the, in 1836 ... 48

Report of the chief engineer on the condition and state of the ... 856

Appropriations available for ... 859

Report of the board of visitors invited to attend the examination of the cadets at ... 900, 903

Estimate of funds required for the ... 904

Internal police of the ... 904

Course of instruction at the ... 905

Religious instruction at the ... 906

Military education and discipline at the ... 907

In relation to the restoration of Cadet Hammond to the ... 908

Estimate of funds required for 1837 for the ... 967

Register of officers at the, for 1837 ... 1017
Military and naval defences of the country.--Message of the President of the United States on the means and measures necessary for the ... 365
Military posts and arsenals in 1836.--List of ... 53
In 1837.--List of ... 1023
Military road from Cantonment Des Moines to Fort Gibson, &c.--Report of a committee on the opening of a ... 12
Report of committee on the establishment of a line of posts and military roads for the defence of the western frontier against the Indians ... 149

From Plattsburg to Whitehall.--Memorial of citizens of the State of New York for a ... 984
Military roads.--Report of a committee relative to the amount of appropriations necessary to complete certain ... 985
Military storekeepers at arsenals of construction.--Report of committee on the expediency of making the pay of the same as storekeepers at the armories ... 178
Militia.--Annual returns for 1835 of the ... 24
Report of the Secretary of War in relation to furnishing camp equipage and knapsacks to the militia when called into the service of the United States ... 93

Called into the service of the United States.--Letter of the Secretary of War on the inspection, mustering, and payment of volunteers and ... 444

Called into service under the act of March 19, 1836.--Statement of moneys disbursed on account of equipage for volunteers and ... 843

Statement of the arms, accoutrements, &c., procured under the act for arming and equipping the ... 923

Apportionment of arms to the, for 1835 ... 924

Statement of ordnance stores distributed in 1836 to the ... 924

Statement of the number of volunteers and, from each State and Territory in the war of 1812--'15 ... 927, 961, 962

Memorial of the legislature of Kentucky for payment of the militia of that State called into service by General Gaines ... 986

Memorial of the legislature of Alabama for an increase of the pay of the volunteers and ... 991, 1003

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Militia.--Report from the Secretary of War, with copies of the orders issued to the different States and Territories for volunteers and, to suppress the hostilities of the Creek and Seminole Indians in Florida ... 1026
Statements showing the number engaged in the Florida war of volunteers and, ... 1051, 1053, 1061

General orders respecting the volunteers and ... 1063, 1064

On calls made since 1835.--Payments made to the volunteers and ... 1065

Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting the annual returns for 1836 of the ... 1070, 1071,

Annual returns for 1836 of the arms, accoutrements, and ammunition of the ... 1013

Called out to protect certain Indian chiefs who had signed a treaty.--Report of a committee on the claim of certain Indiana ... 1078

ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

Letter from A. C. Pepper, Indian agent ... 1079

Exceeding in number what the laws allow.--Report of a committee on the claim of a brigade of Florida ... 1082
Mississippi.--Resolution of the legislature of the State of, for the establishment of an arsenal or military depot ... 185
In relation to the erection of a fort on the Gulf coast of ... 856

Statement of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 958, 961, 962
Mississippi river below the mouth of the Ohio.--Improvement of the ... 854
Report of the officer in charge of the improvement of the ... 889, 890
Mississippi river above the mouth of the Ohio.--Improvement of the ... 855
Report of the officer in charge of the improvement of the ... 892
Mississippi river.--Improvement of the mouths of the ... 856
Missouri.--Letter of the Secretary of War on the expediency of establishing an arsenal in the State of ... 95
Statement of volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 957, 961, 962
Missouri river.--Improvement of the ... 855
Report of the officer in charge of the improvement of the ... 892
Mitchell, William H.--Letters to Major John Howard, in relation to the causes of hostilities of the Creek Indians in Alabama ... 576, 654
Mobile, Alabama.--Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made for the suppression of Indian hostilities by the corporation of ... 408
Mobile harbor, Alabama.--Improvement of the Choctaw Pass in ... 854
Mole and fortification for the protection of the Delaware breakwater.--Report of the Secretary of War on the erection of a ... 22
Monument on Steel's Ledge, Maine.--Completion of the ... 850
Monument to the memory of General David Wooster.--Report of a committee on the expediency of erecting a ... 983
N.
National armories.--(See Armories.)
National defences.--Letter of the Secretary of War, recommending appropriations for the construction and armament of fortifications for the ... 15
Message of the President of the United States on the means necessary for the ... 365

Resolution of the legislature of Maine asking liberal appropriations for the ... 404
National foundery in the District of Columbia.--Report of the Secretary of War, with estimates of cost, and plans, &c., for a ... 82
National foundery.--Letter of the Secretary in relation to the number of cannon required to arm the fortifications, and on the expediency of establishing a ... 413
In the District of Columbia.--Report of committee on the expediency of establishing a ... 414
Narraganset bay.--Memorial of the legislature of Rhode Island praying for the completion of the fortifications for the defence of ... 783
Navy.--Report of the Secretary of the, on the military and naval defences of the country ... 399
In relation to the hostility of the Indians in Florida.--Letter of the Secretary of the ... 440
Ne-ha-micco and other chiefs of the Creek nation.--(See Creek Indians.)
Neutrality of the United States on the frontiers during the war between Texas and Mexico.--Recommendation of the Secretary of War for an increase of the military force of the United States to preserve ... 412
Message of the President of the United States, with instructions and correspondence in relation to the ... 416
New Bedford, Massachusetts.--Removal of the wreck in the harbor of ... 851
New Brunswick harbor, New Jersey.--Improvement of ... 851
Newcastle, Delaware.--Rebuilding the piers and improvement of the harbor at ... 852
New Hampshire.--Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 928, 961, 969
New Jersey.--Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 936, 961, 962
New river, North Carolina.--Removal of obstructions at the mouth of ... 853
New York.--Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 933, 961, 962
For a military road from Plattsburg to Whitehall, in the State of.--Memorial of citizens of the State of ... 984
Non-commissioned officers of the army, that persons of their grade be promoted for meritorious services.--Memorial of ... 988

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North Carolina.--Report of committee on the expediency of establishing an arsenal of construction in ... 98
Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, their entrance and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 948, 961, 962
O.
Oak Orchard creek, Lake Ontario, New York.--Formation of a harbor at ... 849
Ocracoke inlet, North Carolina.--In relation to the improvement of ... 853
Officers of the army.--Register of, for 1836 ... 34
Report of committee on claim for additional pay and emoluments while on duty in the military bureaus at Washington ... 81

Register of, for 1837 ... 1004
Officers of the commissary department.--Letter from the commissary general of subsistence asking an increase of the number and rank of the ... 787
Officers of the ordnance and quartermaster general's department, recommending an increase of the.--Letter from the Secretary of War ... 784
Officers of the quartermaster general's department.--Report of a committee showing the names and posts of, and the necessity for an increase of the number of ... 791
Officers of topographical engineers.--Report of committee in relation to an increase of the number ... 3
Ohio.--Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the erection of depots for arms in Tennessee and ... 443
Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, and their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 952, 961, 962
Ohio and Mississippi rivers below the Falls of the Ohio.--Progress in the improvement of the ... 854
Report of the officer in charge of the improvement of the navigation of the ... 889, 890
Ohio river above the falls.--Progress made in the improvement of the ... 854
Opothyoholo.--(See Hopothyoholo.)
Ordnance corps.--Message from the President of the United States in relation to an increase of, and an improvement in, the organization of the ... 448
Ordnance department.--Register of officers of the, for 1836 ... 37
Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an increase in the number of officers of the ... 784

Statement showing the number of arms made and the expenditures at the national armories in 1835 ... 804

Annual report for 1836, from the ... 915

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Statement of money expended in 1835, through the ... 917

Statement of money expended in 1836, through the ... 919

Statement of work done at the national armories in 1836 ... 919

Statement of expenditures made in 1836, under the act for arming and equipping the militia, by the ... 923

Apportionment of arms to the militia for the year 1835 ... 924

Statement of ordnance and ordnance stores distributed to the militia in 1836 ... 924

Statement of arms, &c., distributed to the engineer department during 1836 ... 925

Statement of lead made at the United States lead mines from 1821 to 1835 ... 926

Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements of the number and cost of arsenals and armories, with a report from the ... 963, 964

Estimates for the year 1837 for the service of the ... 977, 1024

Register of officers of the, for 1837 ... 1007
Organization of the army in 1836.--Statement of the ... 820
In 1837.--Statement of the ... 1022
Oswego, Lake Ontario, New York.--Improvement of the harbor of ... 849
Report of the officer in charge of the works at ... 875
P.
Pack-saddle.--Report of a committee on the expediency of purchasing from H. L. Thistle the patent right for a ... 1088
Page, Captain John, disbursing agent of Creek removal, stating what number of troops are necessary to keep the Indians in check.--Letter to Governor C. C. Clay from ... 705
In relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Letters to the commissary general of subsistence from ... 763, 764, 765, 766, 767, 768, 770, 771

In relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Letters to the Secretary of War from ... 769
Pamlico river, North Carolina.--Improvement of the navigation of ... 853
Parker., General Daniel.--Report of committee on claim of, for double rations, &c. ... 447
Pascagoula river, Mississippi.--Progress in the dredging of the ... 854
Pay of the army for 1837.--Estimates for subsistence of officers and ... 968, 969
Pay and allowances of every kind which were paid to officers of the army in 1833 and 1834.--Report of the Secretary of War, with items of all accounts and claims for ... 187
Pay and emoluments of each grade in the army.--Report of the Secretary of War, with statement of the effective force and the ... 127
Pay department of the army for 1836.--Officers of the medical and ... 35
For 1837.--Officers of the ... 1005

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Paymaster general.--Report of the, for 1836 ... 839
Recommending appropriations for the suppression of Indian hostilities.--Letter from the ... 966

Submitting estimates for the pay of the army for the year 1837.--Letter from the ... 968
Pennsylvania.--Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, and their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 936, 961, 962
Pensions to widows and orphans for 1837.--Estimates for half pay ... 977
Phipps, Major John, assistant conductor of Creek emigration.--Report of the proceedings of ... 734, 739, 741
Plymouth beach, Massachusetts.--Repairs of the breakwater at ... 850
Powder magazine at St. Louis, Missouri.--Letters in relation to a site for a ... 429
President of the United States.--Message from, in relation to military orders and operations against hostile Indians in Florida, and their removal west of the Mississippi river ... 56
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of the Secretary of War ... 56

Letter of the adjutant general ... 56

Abstract of treaties, &c., with the Seminole Indians of Florida ... 58

Instructions to General Scott in relation to operations against the Indians ... 61

Letter of General Wiley Thompson to Elbert Herring ... 63

Report of a "talk" with the Indians at Fort King ... 64

Letter of the Secretary of War to General Wiley Thompson ... 69

Letter of the Secretary of War to the Seminole chiefs, Florida ... 69

Letters of General Wiley Thompson to the Secretary of War ... 70, 72

Letters of General Wiley Thompson to General George Gibson ... 71, 76, 80

Letters of Brigadier General D. L. Clinch to General R. Jones, adjutant general ... 71, 76, 80

Letter of the Secretary of War to Brigadier General D. L. Clinch ... 72

Letter of General Wiley Thompson, Joseph W. Harris, and D. L. Clinch, to the Secretary of War ... 73

Acknowledgment by Seminole chiefs of the validity of treaty of Payne's Landing ... 75

Letter of the Acting Secretary of War to Generals Thompson and Clinch, and Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 76

Letter of General Wiley Thompson to ... 77

Letter of General Wiley Thompson to Colonel A. C. Fanning ... 77

Letter of Lieutenant Constantine Smith to General Wiley Thompson ... 77

Letter of General Wiley Thompson to Lieutenant C. Smith ... 77

Letter of General Wiley Thompson to Judge F. R. Sanchez ... 78

Letter of S. V. Walker to General Thompson ... 78

Letter of General Wiley Thompson to S. V. Walker ... 78

Examination of Indians who formed the party that committed an outrage in Alachua county ... 79

Letter of Lieutenant Harris to General Gibson ... 79

On the means and measures for the military and naval defences of the country ... 365

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Report of the Secretary of War ... 366

Letter of C. Gratiot, chief engineer ... 376

Letter of Colonel Jos. G. Totten ... 377

Statement showing the works to be executed to protect great cities and important towns, &c ... 392

Statement showing works to be executed after those of the first class ... 393

Statement of works to be erected, not comprised in the first and second classes ... 394

Statement of works of the fourth class, &c ... 395

Statement of the cost of certain works for the defence of the sea--coast, &c ... 395

Statement of the amount of the militia force that may be concentrated at Boston, Newport, New York, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans, &c ... 396

Letter of George Bomford, colonel of ordnance ... 396

Statement of four classes of arsenals, &c ... 398

Report of the Secretary of the Navy ... 399

Resolutions of the Senate in relation to the defence of the country ... 399

Letter of the navy commissioner ... 400

With instructions and correspondence with General Gaines and others for preserving the neutrality of the United States on the frontiers during the war between Texas and Mexico ... 416

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Report of the Secretary of War ... 416

Instructions of the Secretary of War ... 416, 417, 418, 420, 421, 422, 424

Letter of Elbert Herring ... 417

Letters of Major General E. P. Gaines to the Secretary of War ... 417, 419

Letter from John Forsyth, Secretary of State ... 419

Memorandum for Mr. Gorostiza ... 419

Letter to the governor of Louisiana and the governor of Mississippi ... 419

Letter of General Gaines to governors of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee ... 420

Letter of the governor of Tennessee to the Secretary of War ... 421

Letter of the Secretary of War to the governor of Alabama ... 422

Letter of the Secretary of War to the governor of Tennessee ... 423

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Letter of the Secretary of War to the governor of Louisiana ... 423

Letter of the Secretary of War to the governor of Mississippi ... 423

Letter of Major General Macomb to the Secretary of War ... 424

Letters of R. Jones, adjutant general ... 425, 426, 427

Letter of Colonel James B. Many ... 426

Letter of Thomas Jefferson Green ... 426

Letter of Brigadier General Arbuckle ... 426

On the causes of the hostility of the Seminole and other Indians in Florida, and the military arrangements and preparations against them ... 433

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of the Secretary of War to the President of the United States ... 433

Abstract of causes that induced the Seminole Indians to commence hostilities ... 435

Letters of the Secretary of War to the governor of Florida ... 438, 439, 440

Letter of M. Dickerson to the Secretary of War ... 440

Letter of the adjutant general to the Secretary of War ... 441

Letter of the adjutant general to Major General Winfield Scott ... 441

Letters of the Secretary of War to Major General Scott ... 441, 442

Letter of W. A. Whitehead to the Secretary of War ... 442

Letter of the Secretary of War to Brigadier General Clinch ... 443

Transmitting a supplementary report in relation to the causes of the hostilities of the Seminole Indians in Florida ... 443

ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

Letter of the Secretary of War ... 443

On an increase of and an improvement in the organization of the ordinance corps ... 448

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of the Secretary of War ... 448

Letter of the colonel of ordnance ... 449

Copy of a bill for the increase of the ordnance corps ... 450

On the causes of the hostility of the Creek and Seminole Indians in Florida, and the instructions and correspondence for their removal west of the Mississippi river ... 450

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of the Secretary of War ... 451

Letter of E. Herring, commissioner of the Indian office ... 451

Letters of W. P. Duval, governor of Florida, to the Secretary of War ... 451, 461

Letters of Wiley Thompson to the governor of Florida ... 451, 453

Deposition of John Winslett ... 453

List of letters from the War Department to Governor Duval ... 455

Letters of Governor W. P. Duval to E. Herring ... 456, 457, 458, 464

Letter of Governor W. P. Duval to D. M. Sheffield ... 456

Letter of D. M. Sheffield to Governor Duval ... 456

Proclamation of the acting governor of Florida, offering a reward for the capture of Philip Oaks and George Stafford ... 456

Letter of Governor Duval to Wiley Thompson ... 457

Letter of E. Herring to Hon. J. M. White ... 459

Letter of E. Herring to General R. K. Call ... 459

Extract of a letter to J. D. Westcott, jr ... 459

Letter of E. Herring to George Walker, district attorney of Florida ... 459

Letter of the Secretary of War to Hon. J. M. White ... 459

Letters of E. Herring to Major John Phagan ... 459

Letters of Wiley Thompson to the Secretary of War ... 460, 477, 478, 482

Letters of Wiley Thompson to E. Herring ... 461, 463, 465, 470, 474, 476, 477, 479, 483, 484, 485

Affidavit of Edward M. Wanton ... 461

Petition of Econchattamico ... 462

Affidavit of William S. Pope ... 462

Letter of John Walker (chief Emachitochustern) and Jim Walker, interpreter ... 463

Letter of Wiley Thompson to the attorney of the western district of Florida ... 463

Letter of R. K. Call to the President ... 464

Letter of R. L. Gamble to the Secretary of War ... 464

Letter of Stephen Richards to Wiley Thompson ... 465

Letter of Secretary of War to the President ... 465

Petition of inhabitants of Florida to the President ... 465

Letter of Lewis Mattair to Hon. J. M. White ... 466

Letter of Judge Cameron to the Secretary of War ... 467

Opinion of Judge Cameron in relation to certain slaves claimed by Econchattamico ... 467

Letter of the United States attorney for Florida to the Secretary of War ... 468

Letters of Roly McIntosh, Foshutchee Micco, Chilly McIntosh, and K. Lewis, to the Secretary of War ... 471, 472

Letters of the Secretary of War to Colonel James Gadsden ... 472, 473, 474

Letter of E. Herring to Colonel James Gadsden ... 473

Copy of a bill more effectually to suppress illicit commerce with Indians and Indian--countrymen within the limits of the Territory of Florida ... 474

Letter of Captains Russell and Graham to General Wiley Thompson ... 477

Letter of General Wiley Thompson to the President ... 478

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Letter of Augustus Steele to General Thompson ... 484

Letter of William Buner to General Thompson ... 484

Letter of Captain W. M. Graham to General Thompson ... 485

Letter of General Wiley Thompson to Mr. George Center ... 485, 486

Letter of George Center to General Thompson ... 486

Letters of E. Herring to Governor Duval ... 486, 487, 488

Letters of the Secretary of War to Governor W. P. Duval ... 486, 487

Letter of E. Herring to Captain W. M. Graham ... 488

Letter of the Secretary of War to Major John Phagan ... 489

Letter of James D. Westcott, jr., to the Secretary of War ... 490

Letter of Major John Phagan to Governor Duval ... 490

Letter of James D. Westcott, jr., to E. Herring ... 490

Letter of Captain William M. Graham to the Secretary of War ... 491

Letter of Captain W. M. Graham to E. Herring ... 492

Letter of J. H. Eaton to the Secretary of War ... 492

Letter of J. H. Eaton to General Clinch ... 494

Letter of John Phagan to J. D. Westcott, jr ... 494

Letter of General D. L. Clinch to the Secretary of War ... 494

Proceedings of a council of Seminole chiefs ... 495

Letter of General Thompson to Philip Weadman ... 495

Letter of Gabriel Wm. Perpall to the Secretary of War ... 496

Affidavit of Mary Henchman ... 496

Letter of S. C. Stambaugh to the Secretary of War ... 496

Letter of Harmon K. Holliman to E. Herring ... 496

Affidavit of William M. Reed ... 497

Affidavit of Grandison Barber ... 497

Affidavit of Abraham Daniels and Enoch Daniels ... 498

Affidavit of A. Rutant ... 498

Affidavit of Simeon Dell ... 498

Letter of L. Gilleland to the Secretary of War ... 499

Letter of E. B. Gould to the Secretary of War ... 499

Affidavit of Mary Bonelly Leonardy ... 500

Affidavit of Philip Solana ... 500

Letter of Malachi Hagan to the Secretary of War ... 500

Affidavit of George Braning ... 501

Letter of the adjutant general to Brigadier General Clinch ... 501

Letters of Colonel James Gadsden to the Secretary of War ... 502, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 508

Letter of Captain Graham to Colonel Gadsden ... 508

Letters of D. Kurtz to General Wiley Thompson ... 509, 512, 513

Letters of E. Herring to General W. Thompson ... 509, 510, 511, 514

Letters of the Acting Secretary of War to General W. Thompson ... 512, 513

Letter from D. L. Clinch to George Gibson ... 517

Letter from George Gibson to D. L. Clinch ... 517

Letter from J. B. F. Russell to George Gibson ... 517

Letter from J. B. F. Russell to George Gibson ... 517

Letter from George Gibson to J. B. F. Russell ... 518

Letter from J. H. Hook to J. B. F. Russell ... 518

Letter from J. B. F. Russell to George Gibson ... 518

Letter from Wiley Thompson and J. B. F. Russell to George Gibson ... 519

Letter from Wiley Thompson to Elbert Herring ... 520

Letter from Wiley Thompson to Hon. Lewis Cass ... 520

Letter from Wiley Thompson to Hon. Lewis Cass ... 522

Letter from Lewis Cass to Wiley Thompson ... 522

Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 522

Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 522

Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 522

Letter from Hon. Lewis Cass to Wiley Thompson ... 522

Letter from Wiley Thompson to George Gibson ... 523

Letter from the Secretary of War to General Clinch ... 523

Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 524

Letter from George Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 526

Letter from the Secretary of War to Joel Yancey ... 527

Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 527

Letter from George Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 527

Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 527

Letter from George Gibson to J. B. F. Russell ... 528

Letter from George Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 528

Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 528

Letter from the Secretary of War to Governor J. H. Eaton ... 528

Letter from the Secretary of War to General Clinch ... 529

Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 529

Letter from George Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 530

Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 530

Letter from George Gibson to Lieutenant S. W. Moore ... 530

Letter from George Gibson to Jacob Brown ... 530

Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 531

Letter from R. Zantzinger to General Clinch ... 531

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Letter from the Secretary of War to Wiley Thompson ... 532

Letter from the Secretary of War to General Clinch ... 532

Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 532

Letter from General Clinch to General Jones ... 533

Letter from Wiley Thompson to General George Gibson ... 533

Letter from Wiley Thompson to the Secretary of War ... 533

Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 534

Letter from W. Thompson and others to the Secretary of War ... 536

Letter from George Gibson to S. W. Moore ... 536

Letter from George Gibson to J. W Harris ... 536

Letter from the Acting Secretary of War to Generals Thompson and Clinch, and Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 536

Letter from J. H. Hook to J. W. Harris ... 536

Letter from J. H. Hook to Wiley Thompson ... 537

Letter from J. H. Hook to Jacob Brown ... 537

Letter from J. Brown to General Gibson ... 537

Letter from J. Brown to General Gibson ... 538

Letter from J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 538

Letter from J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 538

Letter from J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 538

Letter from Wiley Thompson to General Gibson ... 538

Letter from Wiley Thompson to General Gibson ... 538

Letter from J. H. Hook to General Clinch ... 539

Letter from J. Brown to George Gibson ... 539

Letter from Wiley Thompson to the Acting Secretary of War ... 539

Letter from Wiley Thompson to J. H. Hook ... 540

Letter from George Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 540

Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 540

Letter from Wiley Thompson to George Gibson ... 540

Letter from George Gibson to Wiley Thompson ... 541

Letter from Wiley Thompson to General Gibson ... 541

Letter from J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 541

Letter from Joel Yancey to the Secretary of War ... 541

Letter from General Clinch to General Gibson ... 541

Letter from General Gibson to General W. Thompson ... 542

Letter from General Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 542

Letter from General Thompson to General Gibson ... 542

Letter from the Secretary of War to General Thompson ... 543

Letter from J. H. Hook to General Thompson ... 544

Letter from General Thompson to Captain Brown ... 544

Letter from J. H. Hook to General Thompson ... 544

Letter from the Secretary of War to General Clinch ... 553

Letter from General Gibson to General Thompson ... 554

Letter from D. M. Sheffield to General Gibson ... 554

Letter from Lieutenant J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 554

Letters from General Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 554, 555

Letter from General Thompson to J. H. Hook ... 555

Letter from Captain Brown to General Gibson ... 555

Letter from General Clinch to the Secretary of War ... 555

Letter from J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 556

Letter from General Gibson to General Thompson ... 557

Letter from D. M. Sheffield to General Gibson ... 557

Letter from Captain Brown to General Gibson ... 558

Letter from S. V. Walker to General Thompson ... 558

Letter from General Thompson to S. V. Walker ... 558

Letter from General Thompson to F. R. Sancey ... 558

Letter from General Thompson to Lieutenant C. Smith ... 558

Letter from Lieutenant C. Smith to General Thompson ... 558

Letter from General Thompson to Colonel A. C. Harrison ... 558

Letter from General Thompson to General George Gibson ... 558

Letter from General Gibson to General Thompson ... 559

Letter from Hon. Lewis Cass to D. L. Clinch ... 559

Letter from General Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 559

Letter from J. W. Harris to General George Gibson ... 559

Letter from General Thompson to General George Gibson ... 560

Letters from General Gibson to Captain J. Brown ... 560

Letter from Lieutenant J. W. Harris to General George Gibson ... 561

Letter from General Gibson to General Thompson ... 563

Letters from Captain J. Brown to General Gibson ... 563

Letter from Captain F. S. Belton to General Jones ... 563

Letter from Lieutenant J. W. Harris to General Gibson ... 564

Letter from D. M. Sheffield to General George Gibson ... 564

Letter from the Secretary of War to General Thompson ... 564

Letter from the Secretary of War to General Clinch ... 564

Letters from Lieutenant J. W. Harris to General George Gibson ... 564, 565

Letter from J. H. Hook to General Scott ... 565

Letter from General Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 565

Letter from General Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 566

Letter from General Gibson to Captain J. Brown ... 566

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Letter from General Gibson to Captain F. S. Belton ... 566

Letter from Captain Brown to General George Gibson ... 566

Letter from George Gibson to Joel Yancey ... 566

Letter from Lieutenant J. W. Harris to General George Gibson ... 567

Letter from David M. Sheffield to the Secretary of War ... 567

Letter from George Gibson to J. W. Harris ... 568

Letter from J. W. Harris to the Secretary of War ... 568

Letter from J. W. Harris to George Gibson ... 570

Letter from Lieutenant J. Van Horne to George Gibson ... 570

Letter from Captain Brown to George Gibson ... 571

Letter from General George Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 571

Letter from Joel Yancey to General Gibson ... 571

Letter from General Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 571

Letter from the Secretary of War to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 571

Letter from the Secretary of War to friendly Seminoles ... 572

Letter from Lieutenant J. Van Horne to General George Gibson ... 572

Letter from D. M. Sheffield to General George Gibson ... 573

Letter from Lieutenant J. W. Harris to General George Gibson ... 573

Letter from General George Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 573

Letter from General George Gibson to Lieutenant J. W. Harris ... 573

Letter from D. M. Sheffield to George Gibson ... 574

Regulations for certifying contracts under the Creek treaty of March, 1832, issued by the ... 694, 625

In relation to the frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letter from Charles McLemon and others to the ... 648

In relation to the dissatisfaction of the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from John B. Hogan, superintendent, to ... 671, 673
Presque Isle.--(See Erie, Pennsylvania.)
Protection of harbors on the sea--coast.--Report of a committee in relation to the erection of fortifications for the ... 3
Provincetown harbor, Massachusetts.--In relation to the ... 850
Purchases.--(See Commissary General of Purchases.)
Purchasing department.--Statement of moneys received and disbursed during the first three quarters of the year 1836 on account of the ... 843
Q.
Quartermaster's department in 1836.--Explanatory estimates for the ... 54
Letter of Major J. B. Brant and memorandum of J. Cross, major and quartermaster, in relation to the reorganization of the ... 186

Letter from the Secretary of War, recommending an increase of the ... 784

Asking an increase in the number of officers of the.--Letter to the Secretary of War from the quartermaster general ... 785

Report of a committee recommending an increase in the number of the officers of the ... 791

Statement of the names of the officers of the ... 793

Report of the operations of the, for the year ending September 30, 1836 ... 829

Recommending an appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities.--Letter from the ... 965

Estimates for the year 1837 for the ... 974

Letter from the quartermaster general on the necessity for an improved organization of the ... 989
R.
Ragsdale, M., assistant conductor of Creek emigration.--Report of the proceedings of ... 737, 738, 740
Rainsford island, Massachusetts.--Preservation of ... 850
Rangers.--Resolution of the legislature of Indiana in relation to compensation for horses lost in the service of the United States by ... 94
Rangers in the war of 1812--'15.--Statement of the number of, their entry and continuance in the service, and the date of their discharge ... 959
Rank of artillery officers for 1836.--Lineal ... 43
Of infantry officers for 1836.--Lineal ... 44

Of field officers and captains of dragoons, artillery, and infantry, in 1836.--Relative to ... 45

Of officers of the commissary department.--Letter from the commissary general of subsistence on an increase of the number and ... 787

Of artillery officers.--Statement of the lineal ... 1013

Of infantry officers.--Statement of the lineal ... 1014

Of officers of artillery, infantry, and dragoons.--Statement of the relative ... 1015
Rations.--Report of a committee on the claim of Brigadier General John E. Wool, inspector general United States army, for double ... 10
Report of a committee on the claim of Captain W. H. Bell for additional pay and double ... 148

Report of a committee on the claim of General Daniel Parker for double ... 447
Recruiting service for 1837.--Estimates for the ... 976
Recruits enlisted from 1st January to 30th September, 1836.--Statement showing the number of ... 826
Red river, Louisiana.--Progress in removing the raft from ... 854
Reports of the officers in charge of the removal of the raft from ... 888
Register of the officers of the army for 1836 ... 3

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Register of the officers of the army for 1837 ... 1004
Regulations for certifying contracts under the Creek treaty of March, 1832, issued by the Secretary of War ... 694, 625
Concerning the removal of Indians ... 713
Religious instruction in the army.--Letter of Lieutenant J. S. Gallagher in relation to the want of moral and ... 119
Removal of troops from Fort Gibson to the western boundary of Arkansas.--Report of a committee on expediency of the ... 181
Removal of the Seminole and Creek Indians west of the Mississippi river.--(See Indians.)
Reorganization of the corps of topographical engineers.--Report of a committee in relation to an increase of the number of officers and the ... 3
Of the quartermaster's department of the army.--Letter of Major Brant, and memorandum of Major J. Cross ... 186
Resignation in the army in 1835 ... 49
In 1836 ... 1018
Return of the army for the year 1836 ... 821
Reynolds, Colonel Benjamin, as agent.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, approving the official conduct of ... 605
Rhode Island, that the fortifications for the defence of Narraganset bay be completed.--Application of the legislature of ... 783
Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, and their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 931, 961, 962
Ricaud, John.--(See Henry Lee)
Rifles.--Report of a committee on the petition of John H. Hall for the purchase of his patent right for making ... 104, 987
River Raisin ship canal.--Progress made on the works of the ... 867
Estimate for 1837 for the works on the ... 873
Rivers and harbors.--Report of the chief engineer on the improvement of ... 849
Appropriations available for the improvement of, whence derived, &c ... 857

Estimates for 1837 for the improvement of ... 868, 966

Road from Cantonment Des Moines to Fort Gibson.--Report of a committee on the opening of a military ... 12
Roads.--Report of a committee on the establishment of a line of military posts and military ... 149
Report of the chief engineer on the construction of ... 855

From Detroit to Fort Gratiot, and to the mouth of Grand river, Michigan ... 855

From Detroit to Chicago, &c ... 855

From La Plaisance bay to the road leading from Detroit to Chicago ... 855

From Line creek to Chattahoochee river, Alabama ... 855

From Memphis to the St. Francis river ... 855, 894

Cumberland road in Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio ... 855, 896

Cumberland road east of the Ohio ... 855

Appropriations for the construction of, whence derived, &c ... 857

Estimates of funds required for 1837 for certain ... 968
Robbins, Solomon, assistant agent of Creek emigration.--Report of the proceedings of ... 737, 739, 740
Robinson, Alexander J., of Chambers county, Alabama, in relations to frauds charged upon Henry C. Bird, a justice of the peace.--Affidavit of ... 649
Rock river rapids.--Report of the officer in charge of removing the obstructions in the ... 892
Rocky mountains.--Report of the Secretary of War of an expedition under the command of Colonel Henry Dodge to the ... 130
S.
Sandford Ledge, Maine.--Construction of a breakwater on ... 850
Sandy bay, Massachusetts.--Construction of a breakwater on ... 850
Sanford, John W. A., agent, transmitting instructions in relation to his duties as certifying agent.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 589
In relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Correspondence between the Secretary of War and ... 595, 598, 654, 660, 662

In relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 601

Copy of interrogatories propounded by D. M. Dougald and others, and the answer of ... 681
Sanford, & Co., J. W. A., contractors for the removal of the Creek Indians., in relation to the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Correspondence between Colonel John B. Hogan and ... 696, 743, 745, 746
On the subject of the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Correspondence between the commissary general of subsistence and ... 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 760, 761, 769, 763, 774

On the subject of the emigration of the Creek Indians.--Letters to the Secretary of War from ... 756, 757, 759
Savannah, Georgia.--Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida by citizens and the city of ... 407
In relation to the improvement of the river ... 853

Report of the officer in charge of the improvement of the river ... 884

In relation to the improvement of the navigation of the river --Reports of committees ... 886

Estimate of funds required for the improvement of the river ... 887
Saybrook harbor, Connecticut.--Improvement of, by the removal of the bar at the mouth of the Connecticut river ... 851

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Schley, William, governor of Georgia, respecting the organization of the militia for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Georgia.--Letter from the Secretary of War transmitting instructions to ... 625, 626, 628, 629
In relation to the hostilities of the Creek Indians, and asking for a permanent military force in.--Letters to the Secretary of War from ... 711, 113
Scott, General Winfield.--Authorizing the acceptance of five hundred Creek Indians for services in the Seminole war ... 618
Sea-coast.--Report of committee in relation to the erection of fortifications for the protection of harbors on the ... 3
Seminole Indians.--Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting correspondence showing the causes of the hostilities of the Creek and ... 674
Report from Major General Macomb in relation to the hostilities of the ... 817

Statement of moneys received and disbursed to September 30, 1836, for suppressing the hostilities of the ... 844

Report from the Secretary of War authorizing calls on the different States and Territories for volunteers and militia to suppress the hostilities of the Creek and ... 1026

Statement of the force employed for the suppression of the hostilities of the Creek and ... 1051, 1053, 1061, 1062

(See Indians--Florida, and Secretary of War.)
Shorter, Eli S., in relation to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 612
In relation to the purchase by him of certain lands from the Creek Indians in Alabama.--

Letters to the Secretary of War from ... 683, 684, 690

In relation to the hostilities of the Creek Indians and to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty ... 712
Shorter, Eli S., and others, in relation to frauds alleged to have been committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Correspondence between the Secretary of War and ... 604, 667, 673, 683
In relation to the frauds alleged to have been committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter to the President of the United States from ... 676

Copy of interrogatories to be exhibited to Paddy Carr in relation to the purchasers of Indian reservations ... 680
Shorter, Tarver, & Co., and others, in relation to the lands purchased from the Creek Indians.--
Letter to the President of the United States from ... 676

Letter to the Secretary of War on the same subject ... 677
Smith, Lieutenant Constantine.--Letter to General Wiley Thompson in relation to Indian hostilities in Florida ... 77
Sommerville, Alexander H., assistant agent of Creek emigration.--Reports of the proceedings of ... 733, 738
South Carolina.--Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the establishment of an arsenal of construction at Charleston ... 94
Report of committee on the same ... 173

Paper in relation to indemnity for advances made for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida by the State of ... 409

Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, and their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 948, 961, 969
Southport harbor, Connecticut.--For securing the public works at ... 851
Springfield armory.--Statement of the operations of, in 1835 ... 804
Staff of the army for 1836.--Register of officers of the ... 34
Letter from the adjutant general relative to the proposed augmentation of the general. ... 826

Statement of the number and rank of the commissioned officers of the ... 829

Register of officers of the, for 1837 ... 1005

List of officers of the line employed on the ... 1021
Staten island, New York.--For building an ice-breaker at ... 851
Report of the officer in charge of the works at ... 876
Steam batteries for the defence of bays and harbors.--Report of committee in relation to the expediency of constructing floating ... 11
For the defence of the coast.--Letter of the chief engineer in relation to fortifications and ... 112
Steel's Ledge, Maine.--Completion of the monument on ... 850
Stogner, W. Baskin, of Macon county, Alabama, anticipating Indian hostilities.--Letter to Governor C. C. Clay from ... 698
Storekeepers.--(See Military Storekeepers.)
Strange, C. D., in explanation of a fraud committed, by which Fushatcba, a Creek Indian, was deprived of his land.--Testimony of ... 666
St. Augustine, Florida.--(See Florida.)
St. Louis, Missouri.--Report of the Secretary of War on the expediency of converting the arsenal at, into an arsenal of construction ... 147
Letters in relation to a site for a powder magazine, to be attached to the arsenal at ... 429

Building of the pier near the city of ... 855
Subsistence of the army for the year 1837.--Letter from the commmissary general of subsistence, submitting estimates for the ... 972
Subsistence.--(See Commissary General of Subsistence.)
Sumner, William, in relation to frauds in Creek contracts.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 607
Summers, William, in relation to frauds in Indian locations in Alabama.--Letter from the Secretary of War to ... 598
Surgeon general.--Report of the, for 1836 ... 839
Surveys of roads, harbors, &c., by topographical engineers in 1835 ... 3
Surveys for the year 1837.--Estimates of funds required by the Topographical bureau for ... 913

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T.
Tarrant, Leonard, agent.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, directing him to send thirteen Creek boys to the academy in Kentucky ... 584, 580
Transmitting instructions, &c., in reference to the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 585, 587, 588, 589, 592, 593, 597, 598, 599, 600, 602, 604

In relation to frauds practiced upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letters from the Secretary of War, with instructions to ... 594, 596, 597, 599

Letter to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, in explanation of charges which had been preferred against him ... 642

In relation to Indian hostilities in Georgia.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 642

In relation to frauds practiced in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letters to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... 647, 648, 651, 655, 664, 669, 689, 781

In relation to the removal of the Creek Indians west.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 662

In relation to certifying contracts and to frauds committed in the execution of the Creek treaty.--Letter to the Secretary of War from ... 657, 684
Tennessee.--Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the erection of depots for arms in Ohio and ... 443
Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, and their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 951, 961, 962

Application of the legislature of, that the volunteers from that State be paid for equipping themselves ... 986

For compensation for expenses and losses incurred by Tennessee volunteers who were called into service, but were either rejected or immediately discharged.--Report of a committee on the claim of ... 1075
Texas.--Letter of Secretary of War in relation to the preservation of neutrality with Mexico and ... 412
Message of the President of the United States, with instructions and correspondence with General Gaines in relation to preserving neutrality on the frontiers during the war between Mexico and ... 416
Thames Connecticut.--Deepening the channel of the ... 851
Thistle, H. L.--Report of a committee on the expediency of purchasing the patent right of a packsaddle invented by ... 1088
Thompson, H. C., in relation to frauds committed upon the Creek Indians in Alabama.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 603
Thompson, General Wiley.--Letter to Elbert Herring in relation to the removal of the Indians from Florida ... 63
Letter to the Secretary of War on the same subject ... 70, 72, 73

Letter to General Gibson on the same subject ... 10, 76, 80

Letter to Colonel A. C. Fanning ... 77

Letter to Lieutenant C. Smith ... 77

Letter to Judge F. R. Sanchez ... 78

(See Message of the President in relation to Indian hostilities in Florida, and reports of the Secretary of War.)
Topographical engineers.--Report of a committee in relation to an increase of the number of officers and the reorganization of the corps of ... 3
Officers of, for 1836 ... 35

Report from the Secretary of War, transmitting statements showing the manner in which the officers of the, are employed ... 795, 797

Statement showing the amount of money drawn from the treasury and remitted to officers of the, and the amount expended from October 1, 1834, to September 30, 1835 ... 803

Report for 1836 of the lieutenant colonel of the ... 909

Estimates for 1837, for surveys ... 913

Estimates for 1837, for clerks, messengers, &c ... 913

Statement of amount expended during the year 1836 by the ... 914

Register of officers of the, for 1837 ... 1007
Towns, Hon. G. W. B.--Correspondence with the Secretary of War, in relation to Indian hostilities in Alabama ... 577, 625, 657
Towson, N.--(See Paymaster General.)
Tripoli.--Report of committee on claim of heirs of General William Eaton for services in 1805 on the coast of Barbary against ... 1
Troops.--Report of committee on the expediency of the removal from Fort Gibson to the western boundary of Arkansas of ... 181
Tustanugga, Chofko, a Creek chief, in relation to a fraud committed by which Fushatcha, a Creek Indian, was deprived of his land.--Testimony of ... 666
V.
Vandeburgh, Henry, assistant agent of Creek emigration.--Report of the proceedings of ... 736
Vermont.--Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, and their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 939, 961, 962
Vincennes.--(See John Baptiste Janis, sr.)
Virginia.--Statement of the volunteers and militia in the war of 1812, and their entry and continuance in the service, &c., from the State of ... 941, 961, 962
Voluntary services in a military capacity.--Report of committee on claim of William Christy for compensation for ... 32
Volunteers called into the service of the United States.--Letter of the Secretary of War in relation to the inspection, mustering, and payment of the militia and ... 444

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Volunteers per act of March 19, 1836.--Statement of moneys received and disbursed up. to 30th September, 1836, on account of equipage for militia and ... 843
In the war of 1812--'15.--Statement of the number of organized, from each State and Territory ... 927, 961, 962

Application of the State of Alabama for increase of the pay of the militia and ... 1003

From the State of Tennessee.--Application of the legislature of Tennessee for payment for equipments of ... 986

For the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida.-- Authorizing the different States and Territories to issue calls for militia and.--Report from the Secretary of War ... 1,026

Statement showing the number of militia and ... 1051, 1053, 1061

General orders respecting the ... 1063, 1064

On calls made since the year 1835.--Payments made to the ... 1,065

From Tennessee called into service, but either rejected or received and immediately discharged.--Report of a committee on the application of the State of Tennessee for payment to ... 1075
W.
Walker, Captain William, in relation to frauds committed in the execution of the treaty with the Creek Indians.--Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to ... 603
Letter to Colonel John B. Hogan, offering him an interest in the firm of J. W. A. Sanford & Co ... 708
Wallis.--Report of a committee on the claim, for services against the Indians in 1832, of a companies commanded by Captain Crawford and Captain ... 55
War, Secretary of.--Reports and letters from--In relation to an increase of the corps of engineers of the army ... 11
On the expediency of constructing floating steam batteries for the defence of bays and harbors ... 11

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of C. Gratiot, chief engineer ... 11

Letter of J. L. Smith, major of engineers ... 12

In relation to a military road from Cantonment Des Moines to Fort Gibson ... 13

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of Major Thomas F. Hunt, acting quartermaster general ... 13

Extracts from a communication from John Dougherty to Major J. B. Brant ... 14

Recommending appropriations for the construction and armament of fortifications for the national defences ... 15

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of General Gratiot to the Secretary of War ... 16

Estimate of funds required for the year 1836, on account of fortifications for the defence of the sea coast ... 17

Estimate of funds required for new fortifications for 1836, for the defence of the sea-coast ... 17

Estimate of funds required for the year 1836 on account of fortifications ... 18

On the erection of a mole and fortification for the protection of the Delaware breakwater ... 22

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of T. S. Jesup, quartermaster general ... 22

Letter of General C. Gratiot, chief engineer ... 23

With annual returns of the militia for 1835 ... 24

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of the adjutant general ... 24

Abstract of general annual returns for 1835 ... 25

Abstract of annual returns of arms, accoutrements, and ammunition, for 1835 ... 27

With Register of the officers of the army for 1836 ... 34

With estimates of appropriations for the quartermaster's department for 1836 ... 54

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of the quartermaster general ... 54

Estimate of funds for objects not included in annual estimates ... 54

In relation to Indian hostilities in Florida ... 56

With explanatory estimates of the cost and plans for a national foundery in the District of Columbia, and of the site proposed therefore ... 82

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Report of Brigadier General Wool and Lieutenant Colonel Talcott ... 82

Estimate of cost of site, and of buildings, &c ... 83

Recommending that camp equipage and knapsacks be furnished the militia when called into the service of the United States ... 93

In relation to the establishment of an arsenal of construction at Charleston, South Carolina ... 94, 173

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War, Secretary of.--Reports and letters from the--continued
ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letters of Colonel Bomford ... 94, 173

On the expediency of establishing an arsenal or depot for arms in the State of Missouri ... 95

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letters of Colonel Bomford ... 95, 96

Memorial of the general assembly of Missouri ... 95

Letter of General John E. Wool ... 96

On the expediency of establishing an armory in the west ... 97

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letters of Colonel Bomford ... 97, 98

With statement of the effective force of the army, and the pay of each grade therein ... 127

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of the adjutant general ... 127

Statement of the military force for the defence of the maritime, northern, western, and southern frontiers ... 127

Statement of the pay and emoluments of one individual of each grade of the army ... 128

On the expedition of dragoons, under Colonel Henry Dodge, to the Rocky mountains in 1835 ... 130

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of the adjutant general ... 130

Journal of the march of a detachment of dragoons, under Colonel Dodge, during the summer of 1835 ... 130

Letter of General E. P. Gaines ... 146

On the expediency of converting the arsenal at St. Louis into an arsenal of construction ... 147

ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

Letter of the colonel of ordnance ... 147

On an increase of the numerical force of the army, its expense, &c., for the protection of the frontiers against the Indians, and an estimate of their numbers, &c ... 156

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Census of Indian tribes reported in 1836 ... 158

Number of Indians to remove ... 159

Number of Indians south of Lake Superior ... 159

Number of Indians within striking distance of the frontiers ... 159

Letter of the major general of the army ... 160

Comparison of the present and proposed organization of the army, and an estimate of the cost, &c ... 162

Distribution of the four regiments of artillery, &c ... 166

Estimate of the number of companies of artillery required for the several forts on the Atlantic frontier and Gulf of Mexico ... 166

List of forts, with distribution of artillery, &c ... 167

Disposition of nine regiments of infantry and the regiment of dragoons ... 167

General summary of the army ... 168

Number and grades of artillery and infantry proposed ... 169

With items of all accounts and claims for pay and allowances of every kind which were paid in 1833 and 1834 to officers of the army ... 187

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Statement of pay and allowances of all kinds made to officers of the army between October 1, 1832, and September 30, 1833, and also from October 1, 1833, to September 30, 1834 ... 189

Letter of the Third Auditor of the Treasury ... 365

On the means and measures necessary for the military and naval defences of the country ... 366

With a statement of the maximum amount which can be expended annually upon fortifications and the ordnance department ... 406

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of Colonel Bomford ... 406

Letter of Lieutenant R. Lee ... 406

On the location and erection of a magazine and depot of arms in Arkansas ... 411

ACCOMPANYING PAPER:

Letter of Captain W. H. Bell ... 411

Recommending an increase of the force under General Gaines for the defence of the western frontier of Louisiana, &c ... 412

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of T. S. Jesup, quartermaster general ... 412

Letter of the Secretary of War ... 412

On the number of cannon required to arm the fortifications, and the expediency of establishing a national foundery ... 413

Letter of the inspector general ... 413

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War, Secretary of.--Reports and letters from the--Continued
With explanatory estimates for repairs of certain fortifications, and for arsenals and magazines, camp and garrison equipage, knapsacks, haversacks, and accoutrements ... 427

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter of General Gratiot, chief engineer, with estimate of appropriations required for fortifications on the sea--coast ... 428

Letter of General Gratiot in relation to Fort Monroe and Fort McHenry ... 428

Letter of General Gratiot in relation to Fort Marion ... 428

Letter in relation to a site for a powder magazine at St. Louis, Missouri ... 429

Additional estimates for accoutrements ... 430

Letter with estimates for the construction of a depot for arms, &c., in Arkansas ... 431

Estimates of the quartermaster general ... 432

Letter of General Gratiot, with bill for appropriations for certain fortifications ... 432

On the erection of depots for arms in Ohio and Tennessee ... 443

On the inspection, mustering, and payment of militia and volunteers called into the service of the United States ... 444

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Bill to regulate the inspection, mustering, and payment of militia, &c ... 444

Letter of the inspector general ... 445

On the causes of hostilities of the Seminole and other Indians in Florida, &c. ... 433, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443

On the causes of Indian hostilities in Florida, instructions for the removal of the Creek Indians, &c ... 445

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Extract from instructions to General Jesup ... 446

Letter of William Schley ... 446

Extracts of a letter from the governor of Georgia ... 446

Transmitting sundry papers showing the causes of hostilities of the Creek and Semihole Indians in Florida; instructions to General Jesup and other officers in relation to their removal to the west, and correspondence with governors of States and agents upon these subjects ... 574

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letters from the commissary general of subsistence to the Secretary of War ... 574, 721

Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of War ... 574, 582, 620

Letter from William H. Mitchell to Major John H. Howard ... 576, 654

Letter from the Hon. G. W. B. Towns to the Secretary of War ... 577, 656

Letter from the Secretary of War to the Hon. G. W. B. Towns ... 577, 625

Letter from Major John H. Howard to the Secretary of War ... 577, 652

Letters from Adjutant General R. Jones to the Secretary of War ... 579, 580

Letters from Major J. S. McIntosh to General R. Jones ... 579, 580, 581

Letters from Lieutenant J. W. McCrabb to General R. Jones ... 579, 580, 581

Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Leonard Tarrant, esq ... 584, 585, 587, 588, 589, 592, 593, 598, 599, 600, 604

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Abert ... 584

Letter from the Secretary of War to Robert L. Crawford, marshal of the southern district of Alabama ... 584

Letter from the Secretary of War to N. E. Benson, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, and John Martin ... 585

Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Doctor R. W. McHenry ... 585, 586, 587, 591, 593, 594, 602, 603, 606, 607

Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to James Bright, esq ... 586, 588, 590

Letters from the Secretary of War to Governor Wilson Lumpkin, of Georgia ... 587, 592

Letters from the Secretary of War to R. J. Meigs, esq ... 587, 590, 591

Letters from the Secretary of War to Leonard Tarrant, esq ... 587, 594, 596, 597, 599, 601

Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to R. J. Meigs, esq ... 588, 590

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the chiefs of the Upper Creeks ... 589

Circular from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the agents for certifying contracts ... 589

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to W. P. Chilton, esq ... 593

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Judge J. P. Clough, of Alabama ... 594

Letter from the Secretary of War to the Hon. John P. King ... 594

Letters from the Secretary of War to General J. W. A. Sanford ... 595, 598, 601, 780

Letters from the Secretary of War to Doctor R. W. McHenry ... 594, 596, 598, 599, 611

Letter from the Secretary of War to James Bright, esq ... 596

Letter from the Secretary of War to Mr. William Summers ... 598

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to William Dougherty, esq ... 599

Letters from the Secretary of War to certain Creek Indians ... 600, 601

Letters from the Secretary of War to Colonel John B. Hogan ... 600, 601, 610, 611, 613, 614, 623, 779

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Zachariah Clough ... 601

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to H. C. Thompson ... 603

Letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Colonel J. B. Hogan ... 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 612

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War, Secretary of.--Reports and letters from the--Continued
Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to O. K. Freeman ... 603, 604

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Captain William Walker ... 603, 607

Letter from the Secretary of War to Eli S. Shorter and others ... 604, 630

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Colonel Benjamin Reynolds ... 605

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Eli S. Shorter ... 607, 612

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to William Sumner, esq ... 607

Letters from Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Abert to the Secretary of War ... 608, 634

Letter from the Secretary of War to Thomas Crawford ... 612

Letters from John B. Hogan to the Secretary of War ... 613, 617, 620, 670, 701, 707, 709, 750, 751

Letters from John B. Hogan to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... 613, 618, 644, 667, 670, 685, 686, 687, 688, 689, 705

Copy of regulations for certifying contracts under Creek treaty of March 24, 1832 ... 614, 624, 625

Letters from the Secretary of War to Colonel John B. Hogan, J. W. Burney, and Colonel George D. Anderson ... 614, 623

Letter from the Secretary of War to the Hon. Dixon H. Lewis ... 615

Orders General W. Scott to accept the services of 500 Creek warriors in the Seminole war ... 618

Letter from the Attorney General of the United States to the Secretary of War, 619, 695

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of War in relation to frauds in the sales of the public lands or Indian reservations ... 620

Letter from the Secretary of War to General Thomas S. Jesup ... 622

Letters from the Secretary of War to Governor Wm. Schley, of Georgia, and Governor C. C. Clay, of Alabama ... 625, 626, 627, 628, 629

Letter from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to Major General Thomas S. Jesup ... 629

Letter from the Secretary of War to Eli S. Shorter ... 630

Letter from the Secretary of War to Captain Page ... 631

List of letters to the War Department in the years 1832 and 1833 ... 632

Letters from Jeremiah Austill to the Secretary of War ... 633

Letter from N. E. Benson, Benjamin Fitzpatrick, and John Martin, to the Secretary of War ... 634

Letters from J. Bright, Robert W. McHenry, and J. J. Abert, certifying agents, to the Secretary of War ... 635, 636, 639

Letters from the Hon. Dixon H. Lewis to the Secretary of War ... 635, 703

Letters from Robert L. Crawford, marshal of the southern district of Alabama, to the Secretary of War ... 635, 636, 638, 639

Letters from Governor Wilson Lumpkin to the Secretary of War ... 636, 641, 642

Letter from John Gayle, of Alabama, to the Secretary of War ... 637

Letter from Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Abert to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... 639

Letter from R. J. Meigs to the Secretary of War ... 640

Letter from M. S. Edmundson and others to Governor Lumpkin, of Georgia ... 640

Letters from Leonard Tarrant to the Secretary of War ... 642, 657, ... 662, 781

Letter from Hopoith Yoholo and other chiefs to the Secretary of War ... 642, 644, 645, 646, 648

Letter from Samuel W. Mardis to the Secretary of War ... 643

Letter from Robert W. McHenry to the Secretary of War ... 645, 651, 656, 659, 661, 662

Letter from Leonard Tarrant to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... 646, 647, 648, 652, 655, 664, 669, 689

Letter from Opoth--yoholo and other chiefs to Leonard Tarrant, sub--agent ... 647

Letters from R. W. McHenry to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... 648, 664, 667, 676, 677, 683

Letter from Charles McLemon and others, citizens of Alabama, to the President of the United States ... 648

Presentment of the grand jury of Chambers county, Alabama, of Henry C. Bird, a justice of the peace, for malfeasance in office ... 648

Letter from John P. King, of Augusta, Georgia ... 650

Letter from J. W. A. Sanford to the Secretary of War ... 654, 660, 662

Schedule of invalid contracts ... 655

Copy of resolutions passed by a meeting of citizens of Macon county, Alabama, in relation to frauds in titles to lands belonging to Indians without their knowledge ... 655

Letter from Wm. Dougherty to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs ... 658

Letter from T. Bright to the Secretary of War ... 661

Letter from Ne--ah--mico, and other chiefs of the Creek nation, to the President of the United States ... 662

Letter from John B. Hogan to the President of the United States ... 663, 671, 673

Letter from O. K. Freeman, attorney, enclosing sundry papers in relation to the claim of Fushatcha, a Creek Indian ... 665

Letter from Eli S. Shorter and others to the Secretary of War ... 667, 673, 682, 683, 684, 690, 712

Letter from Paddy Carr to the Secretary of War ... 669

Letter from O. K. Freeman to Colonel J. B. Hogan ... 671

Letter from Colonel J. B. Hogan to O. K. Freeman ... 671

Letter from Thomas J. Abbott to Colonel J. B. Hogan ... 672

Letter from Robert W. McHenry to J. B. Hogan ... 673

Letter from Ne--ah--micco and other chiefs of the Lower Creeks to the Secretary of War ... 675

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War, Secretary of.--Reports and letters from the--Continued
Letter from Shorter, Tarver & Co., and others, to the President of the United States ... 676

Letter from Shorter, Tarver, and others, to the Secretary of War ... 677

Copy of interrogatories to be exhibited to Paddy Carr, by Eli S. Shorter, for self and others, and Paddy Carr's answer ... 680

Copy of interrogatories to be exhibited to General John W. A. Sanford, by D. McDougald, and his answer ... 681

Copy of interrogatories to be exhibited to Benjamin Marshal, by John D. Howell and others, and his answer ... 681

Letter from Hopothleyoholo and other chiefs of the Creek nation to the President of the United States ... 685, 703

Letter from G. W. Elliott and others, of Russell county, Alabama, to the Secretary of War ... 690

Letter from A.B. Dawson and others, of Russell county, Alabama, to the Secretary of War ... 692

Letter from Governor C. C. Clay to the Secretary of War ... 693, 695, 697, 704, 706, 710

Letter from R. M. Hook and others to Governor C. C. Clay ... 693, 694

Copy of resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Cherokee county, Alabama ... 695

Correspondence between John B. Hogan and J. W. A. Sanford & Co., contractors ... 696

Letter from John D. Howell to Colonel John B. Hogan ... 696

Letter from the commissary general of subsistence to John W. A. Sanford & Co ... 697

Letter from E. Harding, captain of ordnance, to Governor O. C. Clay ... 697

Letter from Thomas S. Woodward to Governor C. C. Clay ... 698

Letter from Samuel D. Halt and other citizens of Montgomery, Alabama, to Governor C. C. Clay ... 698

Letter from W. B. Stogner, of Tuskegee, Alabama, to Governor C. C. Clay ... 698

Resolutions adopted at a meeting of citizens of Russell county, Alabama ... 698, 699

Letter from W. B. Martin to Governor C. C. Clay ... 699, 700

Letters from officers of Alabama volunteers to Governor C. C. Clay ... 699, 700, 701

Letters from General D. McDougald to Messrs. Hogan, Burney, and Anderson, and their replies thereto ... 701, 702

Memorial of citizens of Russell and Barbour counties to Governor C. C. Clay ... 702

Letter from Major J. H. Howard to Governor Clay ... 704

Letter from James E. Glenn to Major J. H. Howard ... 705

Letter from Captain John Page to Governor C. C. Clay ... 705

Letter from J. W. Burney and J. D. Anderson to the Secretary of War ... 706

Letter from Captain William Walker to John B. Hogan, and his reply thereto ... 708

Letter from Ethan A. Brown to the Secretary of War ... 710

Memorial of J. R. Jones and others, owners of land in the Creek territory, Alabama ... 711

Letters from William Schley to the Secretary of War ... 711, 713

Regulations by the Secretary of War for the removal of Indians ... 713

Letter from the commissary general of subsistence to the Secretary of War, transmitting copies of correspondence appertaining to the emigration of Indians ... 721

Letters from John B. Hogan to the commissary general of subsistence ... 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 738, 741, 742, 743, 744, 745, 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751

Letters from John B. Hogan, special agent, to Governor John Gayle, of Alabama ... 727

Letter from Governor John Gayle to John B. Hogan ... 727

Correspondence between Colonel Harrison Young and Major W. Blue ... 731

Correspondence between John B. Hogan and Isaac Estell ... 732, 733, 734, 736, 740

Letters from the assistant conductors and assistant agents to Colonel John B. Hogan ... 732, 733, 734, 736, 737, 738, 739, 740, 741, 743, 745, 746, 758

Correspondence between Colonel John B. Hogan and J. W. A. Sanford ... 742, 743, 745, 746

Letter from Colonel John B. Hogan to Governor C. C. Clay ... 749

Correspondence between John W. A. Sanford & Co. and the commissary general of subsistence ... 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 760, 761, 762, 763, 774

Letters from J. W. A. Sanford to the Secretary of War ... 756, 757, 759

Letters from Captain John Page to the commissary general of subsistence ... 763, 764, 765, 767, 767, 768, 770, 771

Letter from Captain John Page to the Secretary of War ... 769

Letters from Lieutenant Edward Deas to the commissary general of subsistence ... 772, 773, 774

Letter from the commissary general of subsistence to Captain John Page ... 775

Letters from the commissary general of subsistence to Colonel John B. Hogan ... 776, 777

Letter from the Secretary of War to Opothleholo and other chiefs of the Creek nation ... 776

Letter from the commissary general of subsistence to Lieutenant Edward Deas ... 778

Letter from the Secretary of War to the commissary general of subsistence ... 780

Letter from the Secretary of War to Leonard Tarrant ... 781

Letter from S. C. Benton to the commissary general of subsistence ... 782

Copy of the contract entered into between John W. A. Sanford & Co. and the commissary general of subsistence ... 782

Proposing an increase in the ordnance and quartermaster general's department, and of the rank and file of the cavalry, artillery, and infantry of the army.--Letter to the chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs of the Senate from the ... 784

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter from G. Bomford, colonel of ordnance ... 784

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Letter from Thomas F. Hunt, quartermaster general ... 785

Statement of the present and proposed organization of the army ... 786

Transmitting estimates of expenses of militia and volunteers for suppressing Indian hostilities in Florida ... 788

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter from the Secretary of War to Governor R. K. Call ... 789

Estimate from the paymaster general ... 789

Estimates from the commissary general of subsistence ... 790

Estimates from the quartermaster general ... 790

Estimates from the surgeon general ... 790

Transmitting statements of the manner in which the topographical engineers and the officers serving under them are employed ... 795

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Reports from Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Abert ... 795, 797

Statement of the money drawn from the treasury from October 1, 1804, to September 30, 1835, to whom remitted, and amount expended ... 803

Transmitting a report of the colonel of ordnance, with a statement of the arms made and expenses incurred at the national armories in 1835 ... 804

Annual report showing the condition of the War Department in 1836 ... 806

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Report and documents of the major general commanding the army ... 817

Letter from the adjutant general on the subject of increasing the number of officers in his department ... 826

Report of the acting quartermaster general ... 829

Report of the commissary general of subsistence ... 832

Report of the surgeon general ... 839

Report of the paymaster general ... 839

Report of the commissary general of purchases ... 842

Report of the chief engineer ... 846

Report of the chief of the Topographical bureau ... 909

Report of the chief of the ordnance department ... 915

Transmitting statements of the number of volunteers and militia of the several States and Territories, their entry and continuance in the service of the United States during the war of 1812--'15, and the date of their discharge ... 927

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter from the Third Auditor ... 927

Number from Connecticut ... 932, 961, 962

Number from Delaware ... 938, 961, 962

Number from District of Columbia ... 959, 961, 962

Number from Georgia ... 949, 961, 962

Number from Illinois ... 957, 961, 962

Number from Indiana ... 956, 960, 961, 962

Number from Kentucky ... 950, 961, 962

Number from Louisiana ... 955, 961, 962

Number from Maryland ... 938, 961, 962

Number from Massachusetts ... 928, 961, 962

Number from Michigan ... 959, 961, 962

Number from Mississippi ... 958, 961, 962

Number from Missouri ... 957, 961, 962

Number from New Hampshire ... 928, 961, 962

Number from New Jersey ... 936, 961, 962

Number from New York ... 933, 961, 962

Number from North Carolina ... 948, 961, 962

Number from Ohio ... 952, 961, 962

Number from Pennsylvania ... 936, 961, 962

Number from Rhode Island ... 931, 961, 962

Number from South Carolina ... 948, 961, 962

Number from Tennessee ... 951, 961, 962

Number from Vermont ... 932, 961, 962

Number from Virginia ... 941, 961, 962

Transmitting statements of the number and cost of fortifications, arsenals, and armories completed and in progress ... 963

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Report from the Engineer department ... 963

Report from the Ordnance department ... 964

Estimate and recommendation for an appropriation for the suppression of Indian hostilities ... 965

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter from the quartermaster general ... 965

Letter from the commissary general of subsistence ... 965

Letter from the paymaster general ... 966

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Transmitting a letter from the chief engineer, with explanatory estimates for fortifications for the year 1837 ... 983

Transmitting copies of correspondence on the operations of the army in Florida, and instructions to Major General Jesup to assume the command ... 992

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter from the Secretary of War to Governor R. K Call ... 992, 998, 1002

Letter from the Secretary of War to Major General Thomas S. Jesup ... 993

Letter from Governor R. K. Call to the Secretary of War ... 993, 998, 1002

Transmitting the Army Register for 1837 ... 1004

Transmitting additional explanatory estimates for the ordnance department for 1837 ... 1024

Authorizing calls for volunteers and militia to suppress hostilities of the Creek and Seminole Indians in Florida, the number from each State, the whole number of regulars and militia employed, and periods for which they were paid ... 1026

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letters from the Secretary of War--

To Governor J. H. Eaton, of Florida ... 1026

To Governor R. K. Call, of Florida ... 1027, 1028, 1029

To Governor George McDuffie, of South Carolina ... 1029

To Governor William Schley, of Georgia ... 1030, 1031, 1032

To Governor C. C. Clay, of Alabama ... 1032, 1033, 1034

To Governor E. D. White, of Louisiana ... 1035

To Governor Charles Lynch, of Mississippi ... 1035, 1036

To Governor W. S. Fulton, of Arkansas ... 1036, 1037

To Governor Daniel Dunklin, of Missouri ... 1037

To Governor N. Cannon, of Tennessee ... 1038, 1039, 1040

To Governor James T. Morehead, of Kentucky ... 1040

To Governor R. D. Spaight, of North Carolina ... 1040, 1041

To General Clinch, Florida ... 1041

To General A. Eustis ... 1042

To Major General Winfield Scott ... 1043, 1044

To Major General E. P. Gaines ... 1045

To Major General Thomas S. Jesup ... 1046, 1047

To Brigadier General John E. Wool ... 1047, 1048, 1049

To General Atkinson ... 1050

To General Arbuckle ... 1051

Letter from the adjutant general to the Secretary of War, with statements of the volunteer and militia force in the Florida war in 1835 and 1836 ... 1051, 1053, 1061

Statements of the regular force and marines employed in Georgia and Alabama in 1836 ... 1061, 1062

Letter from the adjutant general ... 1062, 1064

Letters from the paymaster general ... 1062, 1063, 1064

General orders respecting the volunteers and militia ... 1063, 1064

Statement showing the periods to which the volunteers and militia have been paid on calls made since 1835 ... 1065

Transmitting the annual returns of the militia for the year 1836 ... 1070, 1071

Transmitting additional explanatory estimates for the suppression of Indian hostilities in Florida in 1837 ... 1080

ACCOMPANYING PAPERS:

Letter from the quartermaster general ... 1081

Letter from the paymaster general ... 1081

Letter from the commissary general of subsistence ... 1081
Western department of the army in 1836.--Position and distribution of the ... 825
Western frontiers.--Report of committee on the establishment of a line of posts and military roads for the defence of the ... 149
Westport, Connecticut.--Progress in improving the harbor at ... 851
Wilmington, Delaware.--Improvement of the mouth of the Christiana river, leading to ... 852
Wisconsin, that arms and ammunition be furnished to the Territory of.--Memorial of the legislature of ... 1003
Woodward, Thomas S., in relation to anticipated Indian hostilities in Alabama.--Letter to Governor C. C. Clay from ... 698
Wool, Brigadier General John E.--Report of committee on claim for allowance of double rations as inspector general United States army ... 10
Wooster, General David.--Report of a committee on the expediency of erecting a monument to the memory of ... 983
Y.
Young, Benjamin, assistant conductor of Creek emigration.--Reports of the proceedings of ... 737
Young, Colonel Harrison, assistant agent of Creek emigration.--Reports of the proceedings of. ... 731, 737, 739, 740

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INDEX TO MILITARY AFFAIRS. VOLUME VI.