EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 5, 1883_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, a communication
from the Secretary of War, dated the 2d instant, in relation to the
subject of invasion of the Indian Territory, and urging the importance
of amending section 2148 of the Revised Statutes so as to impose a
penalty of imprisonment for unlawful entry upon the Indian lands.