Ninth Infantry to His Excellency JOHN WHITEAKER, September 12, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
September 12, 1861.
No. 170, y San Francisco, September 12, 1861.
1. Major Pollock, California volunteers, having been transferred by the Governor from the First to the Third Regiment California Volunteer Infantry, will proceed to Stockton and report in person to Colonel Connor.
5. Capt. John Kellogg, Third Artillery, having been appointed by the Governor of this State colonel of the Fifth Regiment of California Infantry, will be relieved from duty at the Presidio of San Francisco and proceed to organize his regiment at such point as the Governor may designate. fir
By order of Brigadier-General Sumner: l
Assistant Adjutant- General.
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 12, 1861. Capt. R. C. DRUM, . ; Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Dept. of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : CAPTAIN: I have just returned from Fort Dalles. Much alarm existing in the border settlements in consequence of the threatening aspect of our Indian affairs, I have deemed it proper to call on the Governor of Oregon for a company of volunteer cavalry. A copy of my communication to the Governor is herewith inclosed. Not having received any of the recent laws relating to the organization of volunteer forces, I have adhered to the old organization authorized for this country. I have called for the company for three years, unless sooner discharged. My latest advices from Fort Colville, and also from the Nez Perce country, represent everything as quiet. I keep Captain Whittlesey at Fort Dalles. His services are important there to muster in and take charge of the company I have called for. With the company I have called for I think we shall get along very well. It is barely possible that I may have to call on the Governor of Washington Territory for a company for service north of the Columbia River. All is quiet at the Cascades. Captain Van Voast is at that point with his company, occupying both sides of the river.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Colonel Ninth Infantry, Commanding.
[Inclosure.]
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 12, 1861.
His Excellency JOHN WHITEAKER,
Governor of the State of Oregon:
SIR: The threatening attitude of the Indian tribes in the country east
of the Cascade Mountains having produced much alarm amongst the
settlers, causing many of them to abandon their claims, and the regular