APPENDIX* 
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After some further conversation, Mr. Martin, on Captain 
Pirn's suggestion, agreed to write Captain Pim a letter ask¬ 
ing him to try and bring about a settlement of the dispute 
existing between Nicaragua and Mosquito; this letter, after 
various alterations made by Captain Pim, was written by 
Mr. Martin under date of the 15th February, 1867. Mr. 
Martin could not complete it on the 14th. 
Captain Pim read Mr. Martin's letter, addressed to him, 
to the meeting 
{True Copy.) “ San Juan del Norte, 
“February 15, 1867. 
“ Captain Bedford C. T. Pim, R.N. 
“ Dear Sir,— As an old friend of the Mosquito Indians, 
I avail myself of your opportune arrival at this place to ask 
your assistance and advice in relation to the present difficul¬ 
ties now existing between Nicaragua and the Mosquito chief 
and his people. Nicaragua declines to acknowledge the new 
chief William Henry Clarence, who is the nephew of George 
Augustus Frederick, and who was the legal and legitimate 
heir to the chieftainship of the Mosquito Indians, and who 
has been legally elected and freely acknowledged by all the 
people of the Reservation. The Government of Nicaragua 
also refuses to pay the subsidy, due under the treaty of Ma¬ 
nagua, to the chief of Mosquito and his authority. Nica¬ 
ragua is wrong in this matter, and as you have business 
with that Government, it might be in your power to facili¬ 
tate the settlement of these difficulties now existing be¬ 
tween Nicaragua and Mosquito. I am the guardian and 
legal adviser of the chief, and willing on his behalf and on 
behalf of his people to render you any assistance in my 
power, to bring about a satisfactory arrangement; by the 
doing of which you will be ever gratefully recognized by the 
chief of Mosquito and the people as well as by 
“ Your friend and obedient servant, 
“ (Signed) T. J. Martin. 
“ Etc. etc." 
Captain Pim told Mr. Martin that of course no arrange- 
