Sackville West to F. T. Frelinghuysen, June 29, 1883

No. 302. Mr. West to Mr. Frelinghuysen.

Sir: I have the honor to forward herewith for your perusal copies of two reports of a committee of the privy council of Canada relative to Indian raids, which have been communicated to me by the Marquis of Lorne.

I have, &c.,

Report of a committee of the privy council for Canada, approved by the Governor-General on the 14th of June, 1883.

The committee of the privy council have had under consideration the following dispatches from Her Majesty’s minister at Washington: Dispatch No. 38, of the 19th of April, 1883; No. 41, of the 30th of April; No. 42, of the 2d May, and No. 43, of the 4th May, 1883, all having reference to the incursion of a hand of Canadian Cree Indians into United States territory.

The minister of the interior, to whom these dispatches were referred, states that the commissioner of the northwest mounted police has reported having recovered 25 of the stolen horses on the return of the Indians to Canada, and also having arrested, tried, and sentenced to live years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary four of the Cree Indians who were engaged in the raid upon ranchmen south of the international boundary line.

The committee advise that a copy of this minute, when approved, he transmitted to the British minister at Washington for the information of the United States Government.

Report of a committee of the privy council for Canada, approved by the Governor-General on the 14th of June. 1883.

On a report dated 9th June, 1883, from the minister of the interior, transmitting a letter, under date 25th May last, from the commissioner of the northwest mounted police, together with inclosure from Superintendent A. Shurtleff, commanding the northwest mounted police at Fort Walsh, and Lieutenant-Colonel Ilges, commanding the United States troops at Fort Assinniboine, on the subject of an alleged threatened invasion of Montana by Canadian Cree Indians:

The committee recommend that your excellency be moved to transmit a copy of this minute, when approved, together with copies of the reports from the northwest mounted police to honorable Mr. Sackville West, Her Majesty’s minister at Washington, with the request that they will be forwarded to the United States Government.