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489 A. G. O. General E. D. Townsend, May 30, 1872. Adjutant General of the Army thro' Hdqrs. Mil. Div. of the Mo.,

General:

                 I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of may 20, 1872.  In reply, I respectfully enclose copies of the statements made by Polonio Ortiz, the person captured by Sergeant Wilson - one made at time of capture and one made subsequently.
                 From these it will be seen, that the depredators were from New Mexico and probably citizens of the United States.  Copies of these papers were forwarded as soon as received.
                 I have since had a party out verifying this man's statement, regarding the route, he claimed to have passed over as far as Mucha-que, and it has been verified to that point. 
                 I have an Expedition, now organizing under Colonel MacKenzie, to go still further on this route, with the hopes not only of breaking up this traffic and stealing, but at the same time to Keep the Indians from raiding along the Northern frontier of Texas.
                                                                        I am, very respectfully
                                                                         Your obdt. servant

2 Enclosures (Sgd.) C. C. Augur 1494. D. T.'72. Brigadier General

                                                                                Commanding