Letter

JOHN DAVIS, Acting Secretary to Sackville West, May 7, 1883

Author

JOHN DAVIS, Acting Secretary

Recipient

Sackville West

Date

May 7, 1883

Type

Letter

Language

English

No. 293. Mr. Davis to Mr. West.

Department of State, Washington, May 7, 1883.

Sir: With reference to the note of this Department of the 17th ultimo to you concerning the raids of Canadian Indians in the northwestern Territories of this country, I now have the honor to inclose herewith for your information a copy of a report received by the War Department in relation to the capture of a party of British intruding Indians on the 14th ultimo, by the commanding officer at Fort Assinniboine.

Inviting your attention to the indorsement on the communication above mentioned, of the 20th ultimo, of the department commander, directing that the captured Indians should be conducted under escort to the line and sent across with the rifles and ponies they had, unless the thieves or stolen stock could be identified,

I have, &c.,

JOHN DAVIS,
Acting Secretary.

Topics

19th Century Diplomacy Reconstruction

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P 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 P.