minister plenipotentiary of the United States at London.

JAMES MADISON.



DECEMBER 22, 1809.

_To the Senate of the United States_:

I lay before the Senate, for their consideration whether they will
advise and consent to the ratification thereof, a treaty concluded on
the 30th September last with the Delaware, Potawattamie, Miami, and
Eel-river Miami Indian tribes northwest of the Ohio; a separate article
of the same date, with the said tribes, and a convention with the Weea
tribe, concluded on the 26th October last; the whole being accompanied
with the explanatory documents,

JAMES MADISON.



JANUARY 3, 1810.

_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:

The act authorizing a detachment of 100,000 men from the militia will
expire on the 30th of March next. Its early revival is recommended, in
order that timely steps may be taken for arrangements such as the act
contemplated.