M. VAN BUREN.

WAR DEPARTMENT, _March, 1840_.

The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

SIR: I have the honor to submit for your consideration, and, if it meets

your approbation, for transmission to the Senate, a treaty concluded

on the 18th December last with the Shawnee Indians by their chiefs,

headmen, and counselors, and an explanatory communication of the 17th

instant from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

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