O.G. Parry
Memorandum of actual traveling expenses of O. G. Parry agent while accompanying a party of Cherokees upon the route of emigration.
| March | ||
| 29 | Passage on S.B. from Ross Landing to Browns Ferry | $4.00 |
| 30 | for subsistence | 1.00 |
| 31 | for subsistence | 1.00 |
| April | ||
| 1st | for subsistence | 1.00 |
| 2 | for subsistence | 1.00 |
| 3 | Passage on S.B. from Florence to Waterloo | 2.00 |
| 11 | Passage on S.B. from Waterloo to Little Rock | 50.00 |
| 20 | Passage on S.B. from Little Rock to McLeans Bottom | 15.00 |
| 24 | while at McLeans Bottom 4 days | 5.00 |
| while on the bank of Arkansas River | 1.00 | |
| May | ||
| 1 | Hire of horse from McLean’s Bottom to Salasaw Creek 8 days $1.25 | 10.00 |
| 1 | for actual necessary expenses of messing and camping with the party from McLeans Bottom Arks to Salasaw Creek in the Cherokee Country West 8 days | 22.10 |
| $118.10 |
I certify on honor that the above memorandum of my expenses is correct.
O.G. Parry
Source: RG217, General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, Second Auditor, Indian Accounts, 1817-1922, Edward Deas File
Sale Bill of Public Property sold at auction at Salasaw Creek Cherokee Country (West) on the 1 May 1838
| Doll. Cents | |
| 1. One Common Tent | 5.25 |
| 1. One Pair Large Steelyards | 1.50 |
| 1. One Pair Small Ditto | .62 1/2 |
| 1. One Half Bushell Measure | .87 1/2 |
| 1. Half Gallon Measure | .62 1/2 |
| $8.87 1/2 |
I Certify that the above articles were sold by me as above stated for Eight Dollars & eighty seven & 1/2 cent to highest bidders.
O.G. Parry
Asst. Conductor
Source: RG217, General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, Second Auditor, Indian Accounts, 1817-1922, Edward Deas File
United States to O.G. Parry
| 1838 | ||
| For his services as collecting agent commencing on the 8 March and ending on the 25 March and issuing agent commencing on the 26 March and ending on the 1 May, 1838, 55 days at $2.50 | $137.50 | |
| For his actual traveling expenses accompanying a party of Cherokees upon the route of Emigration, commencing on the 26 March & ending on the 1 May as per memorandum | $118.13 | |
| For his transportation returning from Salisaw Creek in the Cherokee Country West to the Cherokee Agency East, distance 750 miles at ten cents per mile | 75.00 | |
| $330.63 |
Received Cherokee Country (West) 1 May 1838 of Edward Deas, Lt. USA
Signed O.G. Parry
Source: RG217, General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, Second Auditor, Indian Accounts, 1817-1922, Edward Deas File