Dispatch
George Wright to Captain Black, August 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON,
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 20, 1861.
CAPTAIN: Your two telegraphic dispatches of the 15th instant I have this day received. The articles required will be sent to San Francisco by next steamer. We have but fourteen saddles and twenty bridles. I have telegraphed the number of saddles. We have an alarm again of Indian disturbances at the Cascades. Captain Black will go up to-morrow with a detachment of thirty-four men, and I have ordered Captain
Van Voast, with his company, to proceed from Fort Dalles to the Cascades. By prompt action and summary punishment of the evildisposed I believe that peace can be maintained, but there 1s manifestly a hostile feeling and restlessness amongst the Indians which demands attention.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
G. WRIGHT,
Colonel Ninth Infantry, Commanding.
Colonel Ninth Infantry, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter..
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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