JOHN FORSYTH.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 19, 1840.
To the Senate of the United States:
I submit herewith for your consideration and constitutional action the treaty accompanying the inclosed communication of the Secretary of War, made with the Shawnee Indians west of the Mississippi River, for the purchase of a portion of their lands, with the view of procuring for the Wyandot Indians of Ohio a satisfactory residence west.
M. VAN BUREN.
WAR DEPARTMENT, March, 1840.
The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
SIR: I have the honor to submit for your consideration, and, if it meets your approbation, for transmission to the Senate, a treaty concluded on the 18th December last with the Shawnee Indians by their chiefs, headmen, and counselors, and an explanatory communication of the 17th instant from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J.R. POINSETT.