No. 207.
Mr. Richardson to Mr. Fish.
Legation of
the United States,
Mexico, December 24, 1875.
(Received January 24, 1876.)
No. 364.]
Sir: I have the honor to state that, in conformity
with the instructions of your dispatch No. 268, I addressed a note on the
27th instant
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to Mr. Arias, of the
Mexican foreign office, calling the attention of his government to the
request of Mr. Chandler that the Mexican government should issue such orders
to its local authorities as might be necessary to enable Mr. Edgar, the
special commissioner on the part of the United’ States, to remove the
remnants of the Kickapoo and Lipan tribes of Indians, who cannot be induced
to return to their reservations, to the interior of Mexico. In a reply of
December 30, Mr. Arias states that orders have already been issued to the
local authorities to assist Mr. Edgar in case he desires anew to induce the
Indians to return to their reservations; but that if he desires that they be
removed to some determined place in the interior, that place should be
specified by the governor of the State of Coahuila, in order that the
federal government may decide what is proper.
I transmit herewith my note to Mr. Arias, and also a translation of his reply
to the same.
I remain, &c.,
[Inclosure 1 in No. 364.]
Mr. Richardson to
Mr. Arias.
Legation of the United States,
Mexico, December 27,
1875.
Sir: I have the honor of transmitting herewith
the copy of a communication addressed to the Secretary of the Department
of the Interior, recommending that certain remnants of the Kickapoo and
Lipan tribes of Indians who cannot be induced to return to the United
States, be removed to the interior of Mexico, thereby making their
incursions into Texas more difficult.
The number of these Indians now remaining who refuse to remove to the
United States is about 80 Kickapoos and 50 Lipans.
Mr. Chandler, the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, suggests
that the Mexican government issue such orders to its local authorities
as may be necessary to enable Mr. Edgar, the special commissioner on the
part of the United States Government, to make the removal referred
to.
I have, therefore, to respectfully call your honor’s attention to this
subject, expressing at the same time the hope that your government will
see fit to give the desired instructions.
It is with pleasure, &c.,
His Honor Juan D. Arias,
Chief Cleric of Department of Foreign Affairs,
Mexico.
[Inclosure 2 in No.
364.—Translation.]
Mr. Arias to Mr.
Richardson.
Department of Foreign Affairs,
Mexico, December 30,
1875.
I have received your honor’s note of the 27th instant, with which you are
pleased to accompany a copy of the communication directed to the
Secretary of State of the United States by the Minister of the Interior
of the same country, in which he recommends that the remnants of the
Kickapoo and Lipan Indians, who have been unwilling to return to the
United States, may be removed to the interior of Mexico.
Your honor states that Mr. Chandler, the Minister of the Interior,
desires that the government of Mexico may issue the necessary orders to
enable Mr. Edgar, the special commissioner of the United States, to
carry into effect such removal, and your honor concludes by expressing
the hope that the desired orders may be given.
With the concurrence of the President, I have the honor to reply to your
honor, that the receipt of your said note coincided with the receipt of
a communication from the governor of the State of Coahuila, in which he
announces the arrival of Mr. Edgar, and
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that said governor has already been advised to
lend the necessary aid in case Mr. Edgar desires anew to induce the
Indians to return to their reservations in the United States; but that
if he desires that they be removed to the interior, to some determined
place, that the said governor should inform this department of the
points indicated to him, in order that, as a matter pertaining
exclusively to the government of the union, it may decide upon what is
proper.
I, &c.,
His Honor D. S. Richardson,
&c., &c., &c.