Mr. Kirkwood to Mr. Frelinghuysen .
Washington , March 8, 1882. (Received March 10.)
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 1st instant, inclosing a note from Mr. Zamacona, late Mexican minister at this capital, in relation to depredations alleged to have been committed by Chiricahua Indians escaping from San Carlos Reservation, and in reply respectfully invite attention to the inclosed letter, dated the 7th instant, from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, to whom the subject was referred.
Especial attention is requested to that portion of the Commissioner’s communication (upon page 2) referring to efforts formerly made by this government for the removal from Mexican soil of certain Indians belonging on this side, but who had gained an asylum in the States of Sonora and Chihuahua, in the Republic of Mexico, and the cause of the partial failure in effecting such removal.
It is believed that in the case of those Indians whose removal was effected, and who are now in the Indian Territory, no one of them has ever returned to Mexico or given any trouble to this government since their removal thereto.
I am, &c.,
Secretary.