EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 25, 1886_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of the 16th instant from the
Secretary of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, a draft
of proposed legislation providing for negotiations with the various
tribes and bands of Chippewa Indians in the State of Minnesota, with a
view to the improvement of their present condition.
It is requested that the matter may have early attention, consideration,
and action by Congress.