ROYCE. ] TREATY OF APRIL 27, 1868. Biot 
The requirement of the treaty of 1866 as to the appraisal of the nen- 
tral lands was carried into effect by the appointment of John T. Cox, on 
behalf of the United States, and of William A. Phillips, on behalf of 
the Cherokees, as commissioners of appraisal. From their report as 
corrected it is ascertained that the quantity awarded to settlers was 
154,395.12! acres; quantity purchased by Joy under his contract, 
640,199.69 acres. A portion of the lands awarded to settlers, but upon 
which default was made in payment, and amounting to 3,231.21” acres, 
was advertised and sold on sealed bids to the highest bidders.? A 
small portion‘ of the tract was also absorbed by the claims of Chero- 
kees who were settled thereon. The entire area of the neutral lands, 
as shown by the plats of survey, was 799,614.72 acres. 
APPRAISAL OF CONFISCATED PROPERTY — CENSUS. 
In pursuance of the third article of the treaty of 1866, and in accord- 
ance with the terms of an act of Congress approved July 27, 1868,° H. 
R. Kretschmar, on behalf of the United States, and —— Stephens, on 
behalf of the Cherokee Nation, were appointed, in the summer of 1568," 
commissioners to appraise the cost of property and improvements on 
farms confiscated and sold by the Cherokee Nation from acts growing 
out of the Southern rebellion. J.J. Humphreys had been appointed 
May 21 of the preceding year to perform the same duties, but had not 
fulfilled the object of his instructions. The commission reported‘ the 
value of the improvements of the character referred to as $4,657. 
Mr. H. Tompkins was designated in the summer of 1867° to take 
the census of Cherokees in the Indian Territory contemplated by the 
twelfth article of the treaty of 1866. From his returns it appears that 
the nation then numbered 13,566 souls. 
NEW TREATY CONCLUDED BUT NEVER RATIFIED. 
During the two years following the conclusion of the treaty of 1866 
peace and quietude prevailed among the Cherokees. They were blessed 
with abundant crops and the bitter animosities of the past years became 
ereatly softened, insomuch that the Secretary of the Interior, in the 
spring of 1868,° under the authority of the President, directed that ne- 
gotiations be opened with them for a new treaty in compliance with 

2See report of Commissioner Indian Affairs for 1571, p. 67! 
®° August 11, 1871. 
45,019.91 acres. 
5United States Statutes at Large, Vol. XV, p. 222. 
- 6August 27, 1868. 
7 December 23, 1868. 
8 July 6, 1867. 
®°March 3, 1862. 
“© February 26, 1868. 
