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them at once. On the morning of the 29th, he set off 
with thirty soldiers for the Apache Camp, on the Mim- 
bres. On the appearance of a military force among 
them, the Indians became much alarmed, and assured 
to request you will sign the official documents which have been pre- 
pared for the purpose, and which only require the signature of the Sur- 
veyor to settle this important point. 
I am, &c., 
ALEX. H. H. STUART, 
Secretary. 
Brevet Major Wm. H. Emory, 
United States Surveyor, &c. 
Mr. Gray having been removed before he had an opportunity to affix 
his signature to the boundary document as directed; Major Emory 
obeyed the instructions of the Secretary of the Interior, as appears by 
his letter to that officer, which may be found in Senate Doc. Xo. 6, 
Special Session, 1853. 
Extract from Major Emorfs Letter. 
Camp near Fort Duncan, 
October 1, 1852. 
* ^ ^ On my reaching the ground to take charge of the Survey, 
November, 1851, I found that Mr. Bartlett and the assistant Surveyor 
had agreed upon the Initial Point, 32° 22^, and that a great stone monu- 
ment had been erected, marking the point, and having the usual inscrip- 
tions, and the names of the American and Mexican Commissioners, 
Astronomers, and Surveyors. 
The Surveyor (Mr. Gray) came out long after the Initial Point was 
agreed upon, and the monument erected and the line begun, relieving 
the acting Surveyor (Lieutenant Whipple), and protested against the 
point. With the protest and the views of the Commission before him, 
both sides, it is presumed fairly stated, the Hon. Secretary instructed 
the Surveyor to sign the maps ; but before the instructions reached him 
he was relieved, and I was appointed in his place, with the same instruc- 
tions. 
I therefore considered the matter as settled, and the action of the 
