[Docket: Letter N^o 8 — the Vice President from the Secretary of War, with communications on subject of the Treaty with the Cherokee Indians. January 17^th 1799.] [Execu: 16 Sefo:] [5 Long 3 Sefo: . . . . . 2 Doc^t 36] [file 13] War Department, January 16, 1799 Sir, Conformably to orders from the President of the United States, I have the honor to lay before the Senate the following papers, viz. 1^st Copy of the Instructions to Alfred Moore, George Walton, and John Steele, Esquires, Commissioners for negotiating and concluding a Treaty with the Cherokee Nation, dated the 30^th March, 1798. 2^nd Copy of additional Instructions to George Walton, Esquire, and Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Butler, Commissioners for the aforesaid purpose, dated the 27^th August, 1798. 3^d A Talk of the President of the United States to the Chiefs and Warriors of the Cherokee Nation, dated the 27^th August, 1798. 4^th The original Journal of the proceedings of the Commissioners appointed to hold a treaty with the Cherokee Indians, under the authority of the United States. It is requested that the Journal, being a Document necessary to the War Department, may be returned. I have the honor to be, with the greatest Respect, Sir, Your most obed^t Hble Servant, James McHenry The Vice President of the United States.