EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 13, 1886_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of the 8th instant from the
Secretary of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, an
estimate of appropriation in the sum of $22,000, prepared in the Office
of Indian Affairs, to provide for the payment to the Eel River band of
Miami Indians of a principal sum in lieu of all annuities now received
by them under existing treaty stipulations.
The matter is presented for the consideration of Congress.