| -- 3 -- 27, 1830, or, was entitled to receive the benifits of said article, or even claimed to be so entitled, either under the treaty itself or under the provisions of the acts of March 3, 1837{5 Stat.,180} or August 23, 1842 {5 Stat., 513}. In as much as these applicants are claiming under said article 14, it cannot be held that they have established any right thereunder, by virtue of the testimony which they have submitted. August 9, 1902, reporting in the matter, the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs stated " the office records show that Ho-te-o-ka, a Choctaw woman complied with the provisions of said article (fourteen), and that she was 31 years old at the date of the treaty, also that she had two children-one Davis aged about 3 years and one Betsy about one years old at the said date. This is the only Davis on the 14th article list of claimants and that his father was called James or Jim Sunna. It is apparent from the record of evidence that this "Davis" was not the ancestor of any of these applicants for if living he would only be about 75 years old at this date." As certain of these applicants are now nearly 70 years of age, it is impossible to believe that the said Davis is identical with any of their alleged ancestors. In said report the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs recommended that your action be approved, and for the reasons herein stated, the Department concurs therein and your decision is hereby affirmed. A copy of the Action Commissioners letter is inclosed. Respectfully, F.L Campbell, Acting Secretary 1 inclosure EMD. |
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