EXECUTIVE MANSION, _January 5, 1885_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives:_
I transmit herewith a communication of the 2d instant from the Secretary
of the Interior, inclosing certain papers in relation to the present
condition of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians in the Indian Territory,
and recommending that some provision of law be enacted for disarming
those and other Indians when such action may be found necessary for
their advancement in civilized pursuits, and that means be provided for
compensating the Indians for the weapons so taken from or surrendered
by them.
The subject is commended to the favorable consideration and action of
the Congress.