Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 1, 1884

No. 156.
Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. West.

Department of State,
Washington, December 26, 1883.

Sir: Acknowledging the receipt of your note of the 12th instant, communicating a proposal in regard to the removal of a remnant of Sitting Bull’s band from Canadian territory to the United States, I have the honor to inform you that the matter is receiving the consideration of this Government.

I have, &c.,

FRED’K T. FRELINGHUYSEN.