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new crop and to hire teams to put it in. I would respectfully refer you to my letter of Jan. 12th 1865 which accompanied the estimate for funds for 1st $ 2nd [illegible] 1865 in which I stated the demand for funds at Hoopa and [specially?] estimated for $24,000 for this purpose.

The establishing of a reservation necessitates a considerable outlay of money and though in the case of Hoopa it has been from a variety of cause extraordinarily large it has been legitimately incurred and has by reason of the cesation of hostilities which followed as a result saved to the government ten times the amount and established a peace that has given new life to that portion of the state and security to a community which before was [illegible] and [illegible] from Indian hostilities. Had it not been for this unusual event my appropriation with the funds received from sales of produce would have proved sufficient to have met the demands of the service. As it is the indebtedness has been incurred only where I considered it imperatively necessary for the good of the service.

Again I was relieved at a most unfavorable time for a fair showing of my indebtedness for the expense of putting in the Spring crops an furnishing the Summer supplies has all been incurred. As one instance at Hoopa Reservation 41 head of Beef Cattle had been purchased on the 4th of May at an expense of $1373.34 and only three head of the lot had been slaughtered when I was relieved. Similar instances might be cited to more than cover