WASHINGTON, _February 5, 1849_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith, for the consideration and advice of the Senate with
regard to its ratification, a treaty concluded on the 24th day of
November, 1848, by Morgan L. Martin and Albert G. Ellis, commissioners
on the part of the United States, and the sachem, councilors, and
headmen of the Stockbridge tribe of Indians, together with a report of
the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and other papers explanatory of the
same.