[Inclosure 2.] Colonel Shaffer to Major Wood. Headquarters, Fort Davis, Texas,January 25, 1872. Sir: I have the honor to report that while at Del Norte, Mexico, last week, I learned…
[Inclosure 1.] Mr. Belknap to Mr. Fish. War Department, Washington City, February 27, 1872. (Received March 1.) Sir: The inclosed copy of a communication from the commanding officer of Fort…
No. 295. Mr. Fish to Mr. Nelson. Department of State, Washington, March 5, 1872. No. 229.] Sir: I transmit herewith a copy of a letter from the Secretary of War,…
No. 294. Mr. Nelson to Mr. Fish. Legation of the United States, Mexico, February 29, 1872. (Received March 15.) No. 526.] Sir: The military situation in Mexico has assumed an…
[Third indorsement.] Headquarters Military Division of Missouri, Chicago, January 25, 1872. It has been the practice of the Indians on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande to depredate in…
[First indorsement.] Headquarters Post of Fort Brown, Texas,December 26, 1871. Respectfully forwarded to the assistant adjutant-general, Department of Texas, for his information. A. McD. McCOOK,Lieutenant-Colon el Tenth Infantry, Brevet Major-General,…
[Inclosure 5.] Mr. Jarvis to Mr. McCook. Custom-house, Lavedo, Texas,December 15, 1871. General: I inclose herewith the declaration of M. Castaweda, the chief of the Mexican custom-house guards, a very…
[Inclosure 4.] State of Texas, County of Webb: Before me, Samuel M. Jarvis, mayor of the city of Lavedo, county and State aforesaid, came Margarito Castaweda, to me well known,…
[Inclosure 3.] Mr. Belknap to Mr. Delano. War Department, Washington City, February 6, 1872. Sir: I have received from the commanding-general of the Military Division of the South certain papers…
[Inclosure 2.] Mr. Walker to Mr. Delano. Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C., February 13, 1872. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt,…