EXECUTIVE MANSION, _December 17, 1883_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior,
submitting a draft of a bill "providing for allotment of lands in
severalty to the Indians residing upon the Chehalis Reservation, in
Washington Territory, and granting patents therefor," with accompanying
report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs upon the subject.
The matter is presented for the consideration of the Congress.