WASHINGTON, August 8, 1850.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
It has been suggested that the language in the first paragraph of my message to the two Houses of Congress of the 6th instant may convey the idea that Governor Bell's letter to my predecessor was received by him before his death. It was addressed to him, but appears, in point of fact, to have been sent to me from the post-office after his death.
I make this communication to accompany the message and prevent misapprehension.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
WASHINGTON, August 10, 1850.
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Department of the Interior and the papers which accompanied it, being the first part of the results of investigations by Henry R. Schoolcraft, esq., under the provisions of an act of Congress approved March 3, 1847, requiring the Secretary of War "to collect and digest such statistics and materials as may illustrate the history, the present condition, and future prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States,"
MILLARD FILLMORE.
WASHINGTON, August 24, 1850.