E.R.S. Canby to R. C. Drum, June 14, 1862
MAJOR: I have the honor to report that on the 11th instant the Owen’s River Expedition, consisting of Companies D, G, and I, comprising 201 men, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Evans, was dispatched by me to their point of destination, to wit, Owen’s River, leaving this camp at 9 o’clock of that day. A train of forty-six wagons accompanies the command, carrying, in addition to their camp, garrison equipage, and ammunition, rations for the men, and forage for the horses and teams for sixty days. I have made arrangements with Mr. Whipple to furnish transportation sufficient to keep the command supplied with rations and forage, always thirty days in advance. I have ordered Colonel Evans to report to me as frequently as practicable, to the end that your department may be kept frequently [informed] of the doings of the expedition.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
see pp. 96, 97.] i
Santa Fé, June 15, 1862.
General E. R. S. CANBY,
SIR: I received to-day a letter from Placido Romero, inclosing one to
him from his father at Mesilla, dated June 1, in which there is this passage, and only this, in relation to the approach of troops from California:
On the 27th of May there arrived here a company of Texans that had been stationed