Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1894

Mr. Gresham to Sir Julian Pauncefote.

Department of State,
Washington, July 21, 1894.

Excellency: Referring to your interview in June last with the Secretary of the Treasury, relative to the request of the Makah Indians for permission to use their schooners as places of refuge while fishing in Bering Sea and the waters thereof, I have the honor to inclose herewith copy of Mr. Carlisle’s letter of the 19th instant, transmitting for your information copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Interior, dated June 27, 1894, and of its inclosure regarding this matter.

I have, etc.,

W. Q. Gresham.