EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, December 24, 1883.
To the House of Representatives:
The House of Representatives having adopted on the 19th instant a resolution in the following words—
Resolved, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, requested to furnish for the information of this House, without delay, if not incompatible with the public service, all communications, documents, and papers in his possession relating to the trial, conviction, and execution of the late Patrick O'Donnell by the British Government—
I transmit herewith a report made to me by the Secretary of State, with the papers enumerated in the subjoined list, as answering said resolution.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, January 7, 1884.
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior of the 19th ultimo, submitting, with accompanying papers, a draft of a bill providing for the allotment of lands in severalty to the Arickaree, Gros Ventre, and Mandan Indians on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, in Dakota, and the granting of patents therefor, and for other purposes.
The matter is presented for the action of the Congress.