No. 344.
Mr. Nelson to Mr. Fish.
Legation of
the United States,
Mexico, August 24, 1872.
(Received September 7.)
No. 614.]
Sir: Referring to your No. 272, I have the
honor to inclose a copy of a note which I addressed to Mr. Lafragua upon
the 23d instant, requesting the intervention of the Mexican government
for the purpose of restoring to their tribe in Arizona Territory the
twenty-one Apache children captured last year at Camp Grant.
In a conference on this subject Mr. Lafragua promised to give this matter
his immediate attention.
I am, &c,
[Inclosure in No. 614.]
Mr. Nelson to Mr.
Lafragua.
Legation of the United States,
Mexico, August 23, 1872.
Sir: I have been instructed by the
Department of State at Washington to lay before the government of
Mexico the facts set forth in an official letter from the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, of which I inclose a copy, relative
to the capture of a number of Apache children in Arizona, in April
of last year, by a combined party of citizens of that Territory,
Mexicans, and Fapago Indians. Twenty-one of these children are
alleged to be in the State of Sonora in the hands of Mexican
citizens.
It being equally desirable, from motives of humanity not less than as
a fulfillment of pledges made in the name of my Government, that
these Apache children be restored to their tribe, I earnestly
request that your excellency will, as soon as may be practicable,
cause the proper measures to be taken for that end.
I have, &c,
