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IV. ... I have recently advertised for an annual supply of these articles, my instructions requiring them to be provided by me under contract V... The various contracts for supplies in the Qr. Mr. Dept are mostly filled by Cherokee & Chickasaw citizens either native or by adoption. Their bondsmen however invariably are required to be citizens of the United States: existing treaties rendering prosecutions for liability or nonfulfilment impossible. VI ... Contracts for Subsistence Stores are filled partly by Merchants and dealers in the various articles in Arkansas or Texas as well as by citizens in the Cherokee Nation. VII ... Generally, with reference to the resources of this country I would remark, what you will doubtless discover by personal observation, that they are most various and scarcely to be surpassed. The following articles of building material have been manufactured by me with facility and very cheaply: - Lumber (Oak Ash & Walnut) lath shingles, lime & bricks. - I am Colonel very respectfully illegible A. F. Rockwall Brevet Lt. Col & HQM USA CQM C. C. J. Dist Missouri Territory over