EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 3, 1876.

To the House of Representatives: 

I have the honor to transmit herewith, for your information, a communication from the Secretary of the Interior of this date, upon the urgent necessities of the Pawnee Indians.

This tribe has recently been removed to the Indian Territory, and is without means of subsistence except as supplied by the Government.  Its members have evinced a disposition to become self-supporting, and it is believed that only temporary aid will be required by them.  The sums advanced by the United States for this purpose it is expected will be refunded from the proceeds of the sale of the Pawnee Reservation in Nebraska.

The present destitute condition of these Indians would seem to call for immediate relief, and I recommend the subject to your early and favorable consideration.

U.S.  GRANT.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 6, 1876.

To the Senate of the United States: 

In further answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 7th of January last (partial answers having been transmitted on the 6th and 24th ultimo), calling for a statement of “the number of military arrests in the Territory of Alaska during the past five years,” etc., I have the honor to submit herewith a report, with accompanying papers, received from the Secretary of War.

U.S.  GRANT.

EXECUTIVE MANSION, April 19, 1876.

To the Senate and House of Representatives: 

I have the honor to transmit herewith to Congress the final report of the board of audit constituted by section 6 of the “act for the government of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes,” approved June 20, 1874, and abolished by the joint resolution approved March 14, 1876, and to call your attention to the statements therein presented.

U.S.  GRANT.

WASHINGTON, May 1, 1876.

To the Senate: 

I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, a report of the president of the Centennial Commission upon the ceremonies to be observed at the opening of the exhibition on the 10th instant.  It will be observed that an invitation is therein extended to Senators and Representatives to be present on that occasion.

U.S.  GRANT.

[The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]

WASHINGTON, May 1, 1876.

To the Senate: 

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Senate with a view to its ratification by that body, a treaty between the United States and Mexico, concluded on the 29th ultimo.

U.S.  GRANT.

WASHINGTON, May 1, 1876.

To the House of Representatives: 

I transmit herewith, in answer to the resolution of the House of
Representatives of 15th March last, a report[103] from the
Secretary of State and accompanying papers.