ple and that Government, it is now communicated to both
Houses of Congress.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _February 8, 1832_.
_To the Senate_:
I transmit herewith, for the information of the Senate, a report from
the Department of War, showing the situation of the country at Green Bay
ceded for the benefit of the New York Indians, and also the proceedings
of the commissioner, who has lately had a meeting with them.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _February 8, 1832_.
_To the Senate_:
I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of War, made in compliance
with a resolution of the Senate of March 2, 1831, requesting the
President of the United States "to cause to be collected and reported to
the Senate at the commencement of the next stated session of Congress
the most authentic information which can be obtained of the number and
names of the American citizens who have been killed or robbed while
engaged in the fur trade or the inland trade to Mexico since the late
war with Great Britain, the amount of the robberies committed, and at
what places and by what tribes; also the number of persons who annually
engage in the fur trade and inland trade to Mexico, the amount of
capital employed, and the annual amount of the proceeds in furs, robes,
peltries, money, etc.; also the disadvantages, if any, which these
branches of trade labor under, and the means for their relief and
protection."
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _February 10, 1832_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the
3d March, 1831, I herewith transmit a report of the Secretary of War "of
the survey of the Savannah and Tennessee rivers made in 1828."
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _February 13, 1832_.
_To the Senate_:
I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of State, containing the
information and documents[13] called for by a resolution of the Senate
of the 9th instant.
ANDREW JACKSON.
[Footnote 13: Dispatch of Mr. Gallatin transmitting the convention of
September 29, 1827, and report of an exploring survey from the Sebois
River to the head waters of the Penobscot River, made in 1829.]
WASHINGTON, _February 15, 1832_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
Being more and more convinced that the destiny of the Indians within the
settled portion of the United States depends upon their entire and
speedy migration to the country west of the Mississi
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