[Footnote 8: Relating to the use of negroes by the French army in Mexico.]
WASHINGTON, _February 13, 1863_.
Hon. GALUSHA A. GROW,
_Speaker of the House of Representatives_.
SIR: I herewith communicate to the House of Representatives, in answer
to their resolution of the 18th of December last, a report from the
Secretary of the Interior, containing all the information in the
possession of the Department respecting the causes of the recent
outbreaks of the Indian tribes in the Northwest which has not
heretofore been transmitted to Congress.