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Yards and Docks, of the operations of his bureau during the year end-
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A resolution of the House of January 29, 1867, relative to Indian massacre of United States troops near Fort Phil. Kearney.

FEBRUARY 5, 1867.-Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTErior,

Washington, D. C., February 5, 1867. SIR: In obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 29th ultimo, requesting the Secretary of the Interior to furnish to the House "such information as he may have in his possession in relation to the late massacre of United States troops at Fort Philip Kearney, and the causes which produced the same; and also as to the causes which, in his judgment, have led to the present alarming condition of our relations with the Indian tribes of the interior," I have the honor herewith to transmit a report from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, dated the 4th instant, with twelve accompanying papers, which contain all the information that has yet reached this department, on the subject.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, Hon. SCHUYLER COLFAX,

O. H. BROWNING, Secretary.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office Indian Affairs, February 4, 1867. SIR: I have received from you the resolutions of the Senate and House of Representatives in relation to the recent outbreak at Fort Phil. Kearney. These resolutions contain three distinct propositions, to each of which a separate anwer is necessary. It requires this department to furnish all the information in its possession in relation to the late massacre at Fort Phil. Kearney; secondly, the causes which produced the same; and thirdly, the causes which have led to the present alarming condition of our relations with the Indian tribes of the interior.

In answer to the first question, I will say that we had, prior to the occurrence of this disaster, very reliable information of the temper of the Indians in that section of the country, and although this temper did not amount to a positive feeling of hostility, yet I know from the various sources of information at the command of this bureau that there was a feeling of dissatisfaction growing out