EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 4, 1888_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication of 22d ultimo from the Secretary of
the Interior, submitting, with accompanying papers, a draft of a bill
to accept and ratify an agreement made with the Indians of 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.