[Footnote 11: Relative to the expenditure of appropriations for
improving the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.]
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I present for the consideration of the Senate articles of agreement
entered into and concluded by commissioners duly appointed on the part
of the United States and the chiefs of the Menominee tribe of Indians at
Green Bay. Various attempts were made to reconcile the conflicting
interests of the New York Indians, but without success, as will appear
by the report made by the Secretary of War. No stipulation in their
favor could be introduced into the agreement without the consent of the
Menominees, and that consent could not be obtained to any greater extent
than the articles show.
Congress only is competent now to adjust and arrange these differences
and satisfy the demands of the New York Indians. The whole matter is
respectfully submitted.
ANDREW JACKSON.
_February 28, 1831_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I submit to the consideration of the Senate of the United States
articles of agreement and convention concluded this day between the
United States, by a commissioner duly authorized, and the Seneca tribe
of Indians resident in the State of Ohio.
ANDREW JACKSON.
_February 28, 1831_.
_February 28, 1831_.
_The Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before the House of Representatives a treaty recently concluded
with the Choctaw tribe of Indians, that provision may be made for
carrying the same into effect agreeably to the estimate heretofore
presented by the Secretary of War to the Committee of Ways and Means. It
is a printed copy as it passed the Senate, no amendment having been made
except to strike out the preamble. I also communicate a letter from the
Secretary of War on this subject.