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1863, February 18 - Communication From S. S. Scott, Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, Confederates States Of America
US and Indian Relations
An 1863 letter from S. S. Scott, Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Confederate States, to James A. Seddon, Secretary of War, in which he addressed previous agreements made by the United States with the North Carolina Cherokees, including financial renumeration made by the United States for those removed west of the Mississippi and as to those who remained in North Carolina. Scott wrote concerning when the North Carolina Cherokees had last received payment and how much would be owed by the Confederates on an annual basis.
1862, March 8 - Report Of The Confederate States Of America, War Department, Office Of Indian Affairs
US and Indian Relations
S. S. Scott, Acting Commissioner, Office of Indian Affairs, War Department, Confederate States of America, reported on March 8, 1862, the five-month efforts of General Albert Pike to make the nations and tribes west of Arkansas and south of Kansas the Confederate States' "firm and enduring friends, to contribute to their well being and prosperity, and to defend their country fro encroachments of the Northern people... ." Pike signed treaties with the Cherokees, Creeks, Seminoles, Choctaws and Chickasaws, Senecas and Senacas and Shawnees, Quapaws, Great Osages, Wichitas and other lands of Reserve Indians, as well as four bands of Neum …