ates in Illinois and Missouri.

John Quincy Adams.

Washington,
_December 8, 1826_.

_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary
of War, with several documents, containing information required by a
resolution of the House of the 20th of May last, respecting certain
proposed donations of land by Indian tribes to any agent or commissioner
of the United States.

John Quincy Adams.

Washington,
_December 12, 1826_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I transmit herewith to the Senate, for their advice with regard to their
ratification, the following treaties with Indian tribes:

1. A treaty made and concluded at the Fond du Lac of Lake Superior,
between Lewis Cass and Thomas L. McKenney, commissioners on the part of
the United States, and the Chippewa tribe of Indians, on the 5th of
August, 1826.

2. A treaty made and concluded near the mouth of the Mississinewa, upon
the Wabash, in the State of Indiana, between Lewis Cass, James B. Ray,
and John Tipton, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the
chiefs and warriors of the Potawatamie tribe of Indians, on the 16th of
October, 1826.

3. A treaty made and concluded near the mouth of the Mississinewa, upon
the Wabash, in the State of Indiana, between Lewis Cass, James B. Ray,
and John Tipton, commissioners on the part of the United States, and the
chiefs and warriors of the Miami tribe of Indians, on the 23d of
October, 1826.

John Quincy Adams.

Washington,
_December 18, 1826_.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:

I transmit to Congress extracts of a letter, received since the
commencement of their session, from the minister of the United States at
London, having relation to the late discussions with the Government of
Great Britain concerning the trade between the United States and the
British colonies in America.

John Quincy Adams.

Washington,
_December 20, 1826_.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

In the message to both Houses of Congress at the commencement of their
present session it was intimated that the commission for liquidating the
claims of our fellow-citizens to indemnity for slaves and other property
carried away after the close of the late war with Great Britain in
contravention to the first article of the treaty of Ghent had been
sitting in this city with doubtful