Numbers 1.

Reports of Brigadier General George Wright, U. S. Army, commanding Department of the Pacific.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, April 22, 1864.

SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith a communication* from Colonel H. M. Black, Sixth Infantry California Volunteers, dated April 7, 1864, with seven inclosures, being reports of operations against hostile Indians in the District of Humboldt during the month of March, 1864. The officers and men are deserving the highest praise for the zeal and energy they have manifested as well as for their cheerful and patient endurance of privation in that inhospitable region.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. WRIGHT,

Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY,

Washington, D. C.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMET OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, May 9, 1864.

SIR: Tranquillity prevails throughout the department except in the District of Humboldt, where the Indian war is being prosecuted vigorously and successfully. Colonel H. M. Black, Sixth Infantry California Volunteers, has been zealous and indefatigable in pursuing the enemy, and his officers and men have endured the hardships and exposures of that inhospitable region, amidst the snows and rains, with the greatest cheerfulness. The whole country is covered with our scouting parties, and already between thirty and forty of the hostile Indians have been killed and many wounded, with but trifling loss on our side. Some of the principal chief have surrendered, and Colonel Black expresses the opinion that the war will soon cease.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. WRIGHT,

Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY,

Washington, D. C.

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, May 14, 1864.

SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith seven reports# from officers commanding scouting parties against the hostile Indians in the District of Humboldt, Cal., for the information of the lieutenant-general commanding the Army and the honorable Secretary of War. These reports have been forwarded to me by Colonel H. M. Black, Sixth Infantry California Volunteers, to whom, as well as the officers and men under his

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*See p. 248.

#See reports of Lieutenant W. W. Frazier, First Battalion Mountaineers; Captain William E. Hull, Second Infantry California Volunteers; Lieutenant K. Geer, First Battalion Mountaineers, and Captain D. M. Greene, Sixth Infantry California Volunteers.

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