Letter
W. W. MacKall to E. Steen, U. S. Army, February 10, 1861
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., February 10, 1861.
Maj. E. STEEN, U. S. Army, First Regt. Dragoons, Comdy. Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter.:
MAJOR: A rumor has reached here that Indians have been committing depredations on and in the neighborhood of Willow Creek. Colonel Wright desires you to send a party of dragoons at once to the region of Willow Creek, as well as to the Umatilla Reservation, and if there be truth in the rumor to cause a thorough scout to be made to apprehend the marauders, if possible. The colonel further directs that should any of the guilty be captured, instant and summary punishment is to be had upon them, that their fate may be a warning to others.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Captain, Third Artillery, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
February 12, 1861
Maj. W. W. MAcKALL,
MAJOR: I have the honor to report for the information of the general
February 12, 1861
Maj. W. W. MAcKALL,
MAJOR: I have the honor to report for the information of the general
commanding that the forage furnished by the acting assistant quartermaster at Fort Dalles for the public animals under my charge at this
reservation will have been consumed on or about the 20th of March,
and the supplies furnished by the subsistence department on the Ist of
November last, and for five months, will subsist my detachment until
reservation will have been consumed on or about the 20th of March,
and the supplies furnished by the subsistence department on the Ist of
November last, and for five months, will subsist my detachment until
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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