Order
Major Steen, February 4, 1861
ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS,
February 4, 1861.
No. 5. Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., February 4, 1861.
company, will proceed to-morrow morning to the Umatilla to confer with the agent, Mr. Abbott, concerning certain recent depredations by a party of Indians on the Columbia, and, if necessary, to proceed to the Indian camp, secure and punish the offenders, and remove the remainder to the reservation. He will take ten days’ forage and rations. The assistant quartermaster will furnish the necessary transportation.
By order of Major Steen:
JAMES WHEELER, J. R.,
Second Lieutenant, First Dragoons, Post Adjutant.
Second Lieutenant, First Dragoons, Post Adjutant.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Summary: Major Steen orders a military company to investigate and punish Native American attacks on the Columbia River and relocate the remaining tribe to a reservation.
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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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