EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 21, 1885_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of the 15th instant from the
Secretary of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers upon the
subject, a draft of a bill "to provide for the settlement of the estates
of deceased Kickapoo Indians in the State of Kansas, and for other
purposes."
The matter is presented for the favorable consideration of Congress.