Office of the Historian

No. 77.
Mr. Herbert to Mr. Gresham.

Navy Department,
Washington, D. C., July 19, 1894.

Sir: I have the honor to inclose herewith for your information copy of a dispatch received this day from the commanding officer of the U. S. S. Marblehead in relation to affairs on the Mosquito Coast.

I have, etc.,

H. A. Herbert,
Secretary of the Navy.
[Inclosure in No. 77.]

Commander O’Neil to Mr. Herbert.

[Telegram.]
New Orleans, La., July 19, 1894.

The situation at Bluefields on July 10 is that the Mosquitos have full charge of the government of this part of the reservation. The Nicaraguan soldiers here all sent away to Rama under pressure on the 7th. Our men still on shore, as people are alarmed and the native element have not yet quieted down: they fear the Nicaraguans will return in force. No other men-of-war here. Letters by this mail with full account of recent occurrences.