the Senate a report from the Secretary of the Treasury,
with statements prepared at the Register's and General Land Office, in
compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th of May last, in
relation to the purchase and sales of the public lands since the
declaration of independence.

John Quincy Adams.

Washington,
_February 19, 1827_

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

I transmit to both Houses of Congress copies of the following treaties,
which have been ratified by and with the consent of the Senate:

1. A treaty with the Chippewa tribe of Indians, signed at the Fond du
Lac of Lake Superior on the 5th of August, 1826.

2. A treaty with the Potawatamie tribe of Indians, signed on the 16th of
October, 1826, near the mouth of the Mississinawa, upon the Wabash, in
the State of Indiana.

3. A treaty with the Miami tribe of Indians, signed at the same place on
the 23d of October, 1826.

John Quincy Adams.

Washington,
_February 24, 1827_

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I transmit to the Senate, for their consideration, a conveyance by
treaty from the Seneca tribe of Indians to Robert Troup, Thomas L.
Ogden, and Benjamin W. Rogers, in the presence of Oliver Forward,
commissioner of the United States for holding the said treaty, and of
Nathaniel Gorham, superintendent in behalf of the State of
Massachusetts. A letter from the grantees of this conveyance and a
report of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of War,
relating to this instrument, are also transmitted; and with regard to
the approval or ratification of the treaty itself, it is submitted to
the Senate for their advice and consent.

John Quincy Adams.

Washington,
_February 28, 1827_

_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary
of War, with sundry documents, containing statements requested by a
resolution of the House of Representatives of the 9th of January,
relating to the Artillery School of Practice at Fortress Monroe.

John Quincy Adams.

Washington,
_March 2, 1827_

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of the Treasury,
with sundry documents, containing the information requested by a
resolution of the Senate of the 20th of April last, relating to the
security taken of the late survey or-general of Il