December 17, 1883
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of the Interior of the 4th instant, submitting, with accompanying papers, draft of a bill to accept and ratify certain agreements made with the Sioux Indians and to grant a fight of way to the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company through the Sioux Reservation in Dakota.
The matter is presented for the consideration of the Congress.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR
Chester A. Arthur, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203696