I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate, a treaty negotiated on the 19th of April, 1858, with the Yancton tribe of Sioux or Dacotah Indians, with accompanying papers from the Department of the Interior. JAMES BUCHANAN. WASHINGTON, _May, 1858_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit to the Senate a report, dated 13th instant, with the accompanying papers, received from the Secretary of State in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, requesting information in regard to measures which may have been adopted for the protection of American commerce in the ports of Mexico. JAMES BUCHANAN. WASHINGTON CITY, _May 18, 1858_. Hon. J.C. Breckinridge, _Vice-President of the United States_. SIR: In reply to the resolutions of the Senate of the United States of the 20th February and 14th March, 1857, I herewith transmit, to be laid before that body, copies of all correspondence, vouchers, and other papers having reference to the accounts of Edward F. Beale, esq., late superintendent of Indian affairs in California, which are of file or record in the Departments of the Treasury and Interior. JAMES BUCHANAN. WASHINGTON, _May 19, 1858_. _To the Senate of the United States_: In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, requesting information concerning the recent search or seizure of American vessels by foreign armed cruisers in the Gulf of Mexico, I transmit reports from the Secretaries of State and of the Navy. JAMES BUCHANAN. WASHINGTON, _May 27, 1858_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit herewith, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 19th of May, a communication from the Secretary of the Navy with copies of the correspondence, etc.,[7] as afforded by the files of the Department. JAMES BUCHANAN. [Footnote 7: Relating to the arrest of William Walker and associates within the territory of Nicaragua by the naval forces under Commodore Paulding.] WASHINGTON, _May 29, 1858_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 22d instant, requesting information in regard to the seizure of the American vessel _Panchita_ on the coast of Africa. JAMES BUCHANAN. WASHINGTON, _May 31, 1858_. _To the House of Representatives_: In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th instant, requesting information relative to attacks upon United States vessels in the Gulf of Mexico and on the coast of Cuba, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with the papers by which it was accompanied. JAMES BUCHANAN. WASHINGTON, _June 1, 1858_. _To the Senate of the United States_: