To the House of Representatives:
I have the honor to transmit herewith reports from the Secretaries of the War Department and Department of the Interior, to whom were referred the resolutions of the House of Representatives of the 7th of January last, requesting "copies of all the correspondence between the different Departments of the Government and the peace commissioners during the war with the Modoc Indians in southern Oregon and northern California during the years 1872 and 1873; also copies of all the correspondence with and orders issued to the military authorities engaged in said war up to the period of the removal of said Modoc Indians from the States of Oregon and California."
U.S. GRANT.
WASHINGTON, February 17, 1874.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of State and accompanying papers.[78]
U.S. GRANT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, February 19, 1874.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I have the honor to transmit herewith a memorial upon the "cultivation of timber and the preservation of forests," and a draft of a joint resolution prepared by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, together with a communication from the Commissioner of the General Land Office upon the same subject.