EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 21, 1882_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior
of the 18th instant, with accompanying papers, submitting a draft of
a bill "for the relief of the Nez Piercé Indians in the Territory of
Idaho and of the allied tribes residing upon the Grande Ronde Indian
Reservation, in the State of Oregon."
The subject is presented for the consideration of Congress.