Letter

Jarvis to Edward F. McCook, December 15, 1871

[Inclosure 5.]

Mr. Jarvis to Mr. McCook.

General: I inclose herewith the declaration of M. Castaweda, the chief of the Mexican custom-house guards, a very respectable man, whose evidence with regard to the Indians will be strong, as he is a Mexican citizen and official.

The party who followed the Indians came back, having gone nearly to Fort Clark. The Indians, as they were informed by the citizens there, had been seen to cross the river into Mexico, but as they could not testify to their own knowledge, I did not take their declarations.

I am, &c.,

SAMUEL M. JARVIS.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr.