Letter
William H. Seward to E. A. Hayt , Commissioner Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C, July 3, 1879
No. 225. Mr. Seward to Sir Edward Thornton.
Department of State, Washington, July 3, 1879.
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith, for your information, a copy of a letter of the 16th ultimo, addressed to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs by W. L. Lincoln, United States Indian agent, Fort Belknap, Montana Territory, which has been received from the honorable Secretary of the Interior, narrating the invasion of the territory of the United States by several tribes of British Indians and half-breeds, and to request that you will invite the attention of the Canadian authorities to the fact complained of in Agent Lincoln’s letter, with a view to their adopting proper precautionary measures for preventing a similar recurrence thereof in the future.
I have, &c.,
F. W. SEWARD,
Acting Secretary.
Acting Secretary.
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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.