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, a draft
of a bill to accept and ratify an agreement made with the confederated
tribes and bands of Indians occupying the Yakima Reservation, in
Washington Territory, for the right of way of the Northern Pacific
Railroad across said reservation, etc.
The matter is presented for the consideration and action of Congress.