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U. S. and Mexico. And that this stipulation shall apply to all tribal peoples formerly pertaining to the U. S. who are now domiciled in the border state of Coahuila Mexico. All of which is most respectfully submitted. To Your obt Srt Brvt Major Gen] s. s. BROWN J. J. Reynolds San Antonio U. S. A. Sept 1st 1868
Commanding Austin, Tex.
No. 187 EXTRACTS FROM OFFICIAL MEXICAN PAPERS [September I, 1868] Correspondence "D" Report
Upon Indians and tribal peoples, pertaining to the United States, now harboured by the Mexicans in the State of Coahuila, Mexico. Sept 1st, 1868
To His Excellency
Victoriano Cepada Saltillo, Coahuila Mexico.
Gov., It is deemed a proper occasion to preface the statement of the humble but important mission with which I am entrusted, with the propositions and their undeniable truthfulness that the general interest and welfare of the United States and Mex- ican Rio Grande frontiers are in a measure identical, that they sympathise with and are dependent upon each other, and that whatever affects injuriosly the one, must inevitably to some corresponding extent prove detrimental to the other. I beg most respectfully, to make known to your Excellency, the profound and unjust desire of the U. S. Au- thorities and of the peopie of Western Texas for the speedy and pacific solution of indian troubles, growing out of the pres- ence in Coahuila of varied indians and tribal peoples embracing fragments of several nations. foreign to Mexico and originally
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