The Indian units in the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) did complain about the lack of pay and the lack of supplies. Albert Pike, who originally commanded the Indian troops and was a special Indian Commissioner for the Confederacy, complained constantly, to his detriment. Supplies purchased with funds he received for the Indians, on credit, and out of his own pocket were intercepted in Arkansas and never made it to the Indian units. Of course, the Confederacy was in a very serious financial predicament very early in the war. Saving Arkansas was a higher priority than the Indian Territory so, perhaps, from a military point of view it was more prudent to supply Hindman's makeshift army in Arkansas than the Indian units in Indian Territory. The Indian units suffered greatly and had to be furloughed often because they couldn't be fed or clothed. The Union units didn't fare much better as the Confederate Indians and partisian units constantly harrassed their supply trains and anyone outside Fort Gibson. Had the Confederates been able to invest a little more in defense of the Indian Territory and harrassment of Forts Gibson and Smith, the Union Army would have had to abandon both.