I wonder if the following law was ever repealled?
January 17, 1800: Congress passes "An Act for the Preservation of Peace
with the Indian Tribes." One of its provisions was: "That if any
citizen or other person residing within the United States, or the territory
thereof, shall send any talk, speech, message or letter to any Indian
nation, tribe, or chief, with an intent to produce a contravention or
infraction of any treaty or other law of the United States, or to
disturb the peace and tranquility of the United States, he shall
forfeit a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not
exceeding two years."
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