Unknown to R. C. Drum, June 19, 1862
Maj. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General :
Governor Nye is going to Owens River to see the Indians. Hedesires me, with a detachment of twenty men, to go with him. Will be gone ten days. Shall I go?
Captain, Second California Volunteer Cavalry.
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 19, 1862.
Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.:
SIR: I have the honor to report advices from the commanding officer
at Fort Walla Walla of a detachment of twenty men under Captain Harding, Oregon cavalry, having been sent to the Umatilla Reservation (Indian) to quell disturbances among the Indians. It appears that a serious outbreak occurred on the 12th instant, and in the effort to arrest it the agent, Mr. Barnhart, was compelled to shoot one of the Indians. Representing danger to himself and other citizens on and near the reservation, he applied for troops to the nearest post. I have approved the action of Colonel Cornelius in the assistance rendered, and directed the recall of the detachment as soon as quiet is restored.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 19, 1862.
Headquarters Department of the Pacific, Sun Francisco, Cal.:
SIR: Since my last communication referring to the movement and
to report that a sarious obstruction now exists to transportation
between here and Fort Dalles. The extraordinary flood in the Columbia River has carried away a great portion of the railroad at Cascade
Portage, on the Oregon side, destroying as well the bridges, and making otherwise impassable the wagon roads on this side. Meanwhile