Mr. Fish to Mr. Nelson
Sir: Your dispatch No. 409, of the 2d instant, relative to depredations of Indians from Mexico across the frontier of Texas, has been received. The frequency of those raids, the serious losses which they occasion, and the impunity of their perpetrators, merit grave consideration on the part of this Government. It is presumed that any remonstrances which may be addressed to the Mexican government upon the subject would have little or no effect. You may, however, say unofficially that it may become our duty at least to weigh the expediency of pursuing the hostile Indians into Mexico, without the consent of that government, if it shall not adopt measures toward checking the robberies referred to.
I am, &c.,