CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 17, 1883.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a communication of the 12th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, submitting a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of December 8, 1883, and accompanying papers, on the subject of the "Old Settler" or "Western" Cherokees.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, December 17, 1883.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a communication of the 4th instant from the Secretary of the Interior, with draft of a bill to accept and ratify an agreement made with Chief Moses and other Indians for the relinquishment of certain lands in Washington Territory, and to make the necessary appropriations for carrying the same into effect, with accompanying papers.
The subject is presented for the consideration of the Congress.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.