José Fernandez to To the, March 12, 1884

With your communication of the 23d of February last, copies were received in this department of the statements referring to the invasion of the island called Morteritos belonging to the national territory, by individuals from Texas.

To enable this department to take the necessary steps, I beg you to inform me, with the least delay possible, whether the change in the currents of the Rio Bravo, owing to which the said island has remained on the left side of the largest arm and the deepest channel of said river, was effected in a slow manner during the course, of time, or whether this change was sudden and violent, determining in a little while the present situation of the above-mentioned island.

You will please, for the further illustration of the point in debate, annex to the required information a sketch showing with due precision the present position of the island of Morteritos and its previous one.