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Office Superintendent, District of Selma, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, Selma, Ala., Feby 8th, 1867 Major O.D. Kinsman Superintendant Montgomery Ala Major In compliance with your communication of the 1st inst, I forward, herewith, a list of murders, murderous assaults and outrages upon Freedmen, committed since January 1, 1866, that have been brought to my knowledge. There have been many assaults, that I have not mentioned, for the reason, that I have not the names of the parties, nor the date of the assaults, as very many go before the city courts here that I hear nothing of. I have the honor to be Very Respectfully Your Obt Servant Geo. Shorkley 1st Lieut 15th Infantry Superintendant