Respectfully submitted,
JOHN FORSYTH.
WASHINGTON CITY, _March 19, 1840_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I submit herewith for your consideration and constitutional action the
treaty accompanying the inclosed communication of the Secretary of War,
made with the Shawnee Indians west of the Mississippi River, for the
purchase of a portion of their lands, with the view of procuring for
the Wyandot Indians of Ohio a satisfactory residence west.
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,
J.R. POINSETT.
WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE INDIAN AFFAIRS,
_March 17, 1840_.
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