WAR DEPARTMENT, _December 10, 1840_.
The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
SIR: I have the honor to lay before you a communication from the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, relative to the transfer of $500,000
Chickasaw stock to the Choctaws in execution of the compact of 17th
January, 1837, between those tribes, that if you think it advisable you
may assent to the proposed transfer and lay the matter before the Senate
for the sanction of that body.
Very respectfully, your most obedient servant,