EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 17, 1887_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of the 11th instant from the
Secretary of the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, a copy
of an agreement duly made under the provisions of the act of May 15,
1886 (24 U.S. Statutes at Large, p. 44), with the Indians residing upon
the Fort Berthold Reservation, in Dakota, for the cession of a portion
of their reservation in said Territory, and for other purposes.
The agreement, together with the recommendations of the Department, is
presented for the action of Congress.