—— Compilation of the messages and papers of the presidents, 1789-1897 (Washington, 1896-1899), 10 vols.
United States of America. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Reports, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, 1865.
—— Congressional Globe, 37th and 38th congresses, 1861-1865.
—— Department of the Interior, Files.
The files run in two distinct series. One series has its material arranged in boxes, the other, in bundles. The former comprises letters from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs only, and has been examined to the extent here given,
| No. 9, | January 1, 1861 to December 1, 1861. |
| No. 10, | December 1, 1861 to November 1, 1862. |
| No. 11, | November 1, 1862 to July 1, 1863. |
| No. 12, | July 1, 1863 to June 15, 1864. |
| No. 13, | June 15, 1864 to April 1, 1865. |
The latter were difficult of discovery. After an exhausting search, however, they were located on a top-most shelf, under the roof, in the file-room off from the gallery in the Patent Office building. The bundles are small and each is bandaged as were the Indian Office files, originally. The bandage, or wrapper, is labelled according to the contents. For example, one bundle is labelled, "No. 1, 1849-1864, War;" another, "No. 24, 1852-1868, Exec." In the first are letters from the War Department, in the second, from the White House. Some of the letters are from a
given department by reference only. A great number of the bundles have nothing but a number to distinguish them,
United States of America. Department of the Interior, Letter Books, "Records of Letters Sent."