Message From The President Of The United States, Transmitting A Report In Regard To The Expedition Among The Indians On The Upper Missouri.

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE

Publication: Government Printing Office, 1856, Washington

First Edition. Disbound. 15pp. House of Representatives. 34th Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No.65. March 24, 1856-Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed. An excellent, informative report by A. Cumming, Superintendent of Indian Affairs. "Indians On The Upper Missouri". He reports on the various tribes he encountered in his travels up the Missouri River in the Summer of 1855. It was an expedition intended to visit the country of the Blackfeet Indians, "for the purpose of holding a council with the Blackfeet Indians, and other tribes residing near the headwaters of the Missouri." An interesting report.

Inventory Number: 52284