Message of the Governor of Washington Territory: Also, the Correspondence with the Secretary of War, Major Gen. Wool, the Officers of the Regular Army, and of the Volunteer Service of Washington TerritoryE. Furste, Public Printer, 1867 - 406 էջ |
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Acting Governor Adj't Adjutant General W. T. V. arms arrival B. F. SHAW block-house C. H. MASON camp Capt Captain Cascades Casey Cayuses Central Battalion Columbia river Com'g command communication council Cowlitz Dalles duty enemy EXECUTIVE OFFICE force Fort Steilacoom Fort Vancouver Fort Walla Walla friendly Indians Governor and Commander-in-Chief Hays HEAD QUARTERS honor hundred I. I. STEVENS inst ISAAC JAMES TILTON Lieut Major miles Montgomery's mountains move Muckleshoot mustered Nachess Nesqually Nez Perce country Nez Perces Northern Battalion obedient servant OFFICE ADJUTANT Olympia Oregon party Port Townsend prairie Puget Sound PUGET SOUND DISTRICT Puyallup received requisition respectfully route scout Seattle sent Signed SILAS CASEY SIR-I Snoqualmie Snoqualmie pass Spokanes steamer Steilacoom Steptoe supplies TERRITORY WASHINGTON to-morrow trail train tribes Vancouver W. T. Volunteers wagon Walla Walla valley Washington Territory White river Wright Yakima country Yelm
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Էջ 51 - Bay Company, or persons having ceded rights from the Indians, will be permitted to settle or remain in the Indian country, or on land not ceded by treaty, confirmed by the Senate, and approved by the President of the United States.
Էջ 95 - EXECUTIVE OFFICE, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, ) Olympia, Nov. 23, 1855. » His Excellency, JAMES DOUGLASS, Governor Vancouver's Island : — SIR : — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 19th inst., with the additional supply of ammunition. The steamer " Otter" arrived here on the evening of the 21st inst.
Էջ 132 - I will soon no longer be able to restrain the friendly Indians. They are indignant at conduct so unworthy of the whites, who have made so many promises to respect and protect them if they remain faithful friends. I am very sure, if the volunteers are not arrested in their brigand actions, our Indians will save themselves by flying to the homes of their relations, the Nez Perces, who have promised them help ; and then all these Indians of Oregon would join in the common defence until they be entirely...
Էջ 132 - I think I shall be able to bring the war to a close in a few months, provided the extermination of the Indians, which I do not approve of, is not determined on, and private war prevented, and the volunteers withdrawn from the Walla Walla country.
Էջ 60 - I have the honor to submit for the information of the department commander, the following report of...
Էջ 134 - In your frankness and determination to represent me to the department, I trust you will be governed by truth, and by truth only. I disbanded no troops raised for your relief; and your communication gave me the first intelligence that any were raised for such a purpose.
Էջ xvii - I refer to the so-called neutrals in the war, who remained on their claims unmolested, when our patriotic citizens were compelled to live in block houses. There is no such thing, in my humble judgment, as neutrality in an Indian war, and whoever can remain on his claim unmolested, is an ally of the enemy, and must be dealt with as such.
Էջ 13 - ... hill consists of yellow fir, white and red spruce, hemlock and cedar, and along the rivers, maple, cedar, and cottonwood. The valley will probably be surveyed next summer. The Cowlitz river, running southwardly, and falling into the Columbia near Monticello, drains at least half a million of acres of fertile lands, and has many of the oldest settlers in the Territory among its prosperous farmers. All cereal grains, except Indian corn, grow admirably here, the wheat in particular. The -valley...
Էջ 132 - In presenting, however, your plan of campaign, which is a very extended one, you should have recollected that I have neither the resources of a Territory, nor the Treasury of the United States, at my command.
Էջ 170 - I said, go through with this business whatever be the consequences as regards my own personal safety, but I regard it to be my duty to the public, to the Indians, and to my own character. This communication is marked confidential, but is intended as an official communication, and will go on my files as such, only I do not think it prudent that my judgment as to the aspect of affairs should, at this time, be disclosed to any other person than yourself. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, Your...