EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 18, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior,
with a draft of a bill and accompanying papers, to accept and ratify
an agreement with the Crow Indians for the sale of a portion of their
reservation in the Territory of Montana, required for the Northern
Pacific Railroad, and to make the necessary appropriation for carrying
the same into effect.
The subject is presented for the consideration of Congress.