No. 461.
Mr. Mariscal to Mr. Fish.
New York, June 18, 1875. (Received June 21.)
Mr. Secretary: I have had the honor to receive your note of the 10th instant, in which, referring to mine of May 5, 1874, you were pleased to inclose a copy of a communication of the 9th, addressed to you by the nonorable Secretary of the Interior, together with several inclosures, the whole relating to the depredations committed in the State of Sonora by Indians from a reservation in Arizona.
In the report of the commissioner, L. Edwin Dudley, I observe that, although he admits that by reason of having made no investigation of the matter he is unable to report upon it with accuracy, he thinks that much of the damage complained of by the people of Sonora is caused by Apaches living in Sonora, and is due to a desire to have the general government of Mexico continue to furnish a subsidy to that State to enable it to defend itself against the Indians, which subsidy he supposes has ceased to be furnished. Without critically examining this report, for the present I shall confine myself to transmitting its contents to my government, and to asking for instructions on the subject.
If, meanwhile, the President of the United States should decide to establish a military post in the southern portion of the Chiricahua reservation, or to adopt some other means of remedying the evils to which I referred in my aforesaid note of May 5, 1874, I will thank you if you will have the kindness to inform me to that effect, that I may transmit the information to my government.
I reiterate, &c.,