I herewith lay before the Senate, for its constitutional action thereon, a treaty concluded on the 2d March, 1866, between the United States and the Shawnee tribe of Indians of Kansas.
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Copies of the letters which they have addressed to me upon the subject are accordingly herewith inclosed.
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