[488] Report of the exploring party to their council.
[489] January 19, 1846.
[490] Letter to the President, February 10, 1846.
[491] Letter to the Secretary of War, February 12, 1846.
[492] April 2, 1846.
[493] Letter of Agent McKissick to Commissioner Indian Affairs, May 12, 1846, and General Arbuckle to Adjutant-General, April 28, 1846.
[494] Report of Agent McKissick July 4, 1846.
[495] Commissioner Indian Affairs to Maj. William Armstrong, June 24, 1846.
[496] July 6, 1846.
[497] United States Statutes at Large, Vol. IX, p. 871.