Letter
Dufferin to Sir Edward Thornton, February 14, 1878
[Inclosure.]
Lord Dufferin to Sir Edward Thornton.
Government House, Ottawa, February 14, 1878.
No. 10.]
Sir: With reference to your dispatch No. 6, of the 4th instant, on the subject of the supposed intention of “Sitting Bull” to enter the United States for hostile purposes, I have the honor to inclose herewith a memorandum from the secretary of state for Canada which will inform you of the nature of the precautions taken by my government in this matter, as well as of the opinions entertained by the commissioner of the north-west police force in regard to the apprehensions of trouble from Sioux Indians.
I have, &c.,
DUFFERIN.
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