Mr. KASSON. I asked the gentleman for his authority in good faith, because he called in question the accuracy of a statement I had made. I had only the desire to do him justice. I do not want the gentleman to take the floor on a single occasion when he does not wish to take it. I want him to take it when he thinks it necessary to correct any statement he may have made on a former occasion. I state now distinctly that so far from the statement I made being an overstatement, it was an understatement of the amounts appropriated for the Indian service at the last session of this Congress; and I will proceed to prove i.t. I hold in my hand the regular book of estimates, containing also the appropriations made by law at the last session of the Present Congress. The total amount, appropriated there in a single bill amounts to $3, 780, 772 82. In addition to that I have to state that earlier in the session, during the 1st month of the session, there was diverted by a JtResolution approved December 21, 1865, the sum of $500,000 more from another fund, for the benefit of the Indians in the southern superin tendency. I have also to say that there were some items in the sundry civil expenses bill which amounted to $414,000. There was also an appropriation for replacing lost goods amounting to over 39,000 doilars. There was also appropriated for the Wy and otte and Winnebago Indians over 4,000 dollars. There was also for surveying Indian reservations under the provisions of Indian treaties $50,000. There were also sundry items in the deficiency bill amounting to $35,000; and then for the Indian tribes of the Upper Missouri and Upper Platte over 121,000 dollars, making in all $4, 945, 597 99 appropriated for the Indian service at the last session of Congress, falling short by only a few 1,000 dollars of $5,000,000. Hence, when I stated to the House that the amount reached $4,000,000, I was not accurate in the figures, but it was a want of accu racy below the magnitude of the amount. I did not get it large enough. When the gentleman called me to account for the inaccuracy of that statement it was not only due to myself but due to the House that I should ascertain whether or not I was correct in my state ment; and these investigations have been made for the purpose of ascertaining the amount as accurately as possible. I believe there are a few items still omitted from the aggregate which I have now submitted to the House.