In answer to the resolution of the Senate of yesterday, calling for information relating to the appointment of the American minister at Pekin to a diplomatic or other mission on behalf of the Chinese Government by the Emperor of China, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State upon the subject, together with the accompanying papers.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
WASHINGTON CITY, January 14, 1868.
To the Senate of the United States:
I herewith lay before the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, the following treaties, concluded at "Medicine Lodge Creek," Kansas, between the Indian tribes therein named and the United States, by their commissioners appointed by the act of Congress approved July 20, 1867, entitled "An act to establish peace with certain hostile Indian tribes," viz:
A treaty with the Kiowa and Comanche tribes, concluded October 21, 1867.
A treaty with the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes, concluded October 28, 1867.
A treaty with the Arapahoe and Cheyenne tribes, dated October 28, 1867.
A letter of this date from the Secretary of the Interior, transmitting said treaties, is herewith inclosed.
ANDREW JOHNSON.