EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 17, 1883_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior
of the 4th instant, with accompanying papers, submitting a draft of a
bill "to confirm the title to certain land in the Indian Territory to
the Cheyennes and Arapahoes and the Wichitas and affiliated bands, to
provide for the issuance of patents therefor, and for other purposes."
The subject is presented for the consideration of the Congress.