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command, great credit is due for the zeal, activity, and bravery they have exhibited, which it is confidently expected will result at an early date in restoring peace and quiet in the district.

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 17, 1864.

SIR: For the information of the lieutenant-general commanding the Army of the honorable Secretary of War I have the honor to inclose herewith two reports* forwarded to me by Colonel H. M. Black, Sixth Infantry California Volunteers, commanding the District of Humboldt. The indications are favorable for an early settlement of the Indians difficulties in that quarter.

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, June 23, 1864.

SIR: Inclosed herewith are reports# received from Colonel H. M. Black, Sixth Infantry California Volunteers, commanding the District of Humboldt. Under the vigorous prosecution of operations against the hostile Indians by Colonel Black and the officers and men of his command it is confidently expected that peace will be restored at an early date. With the exception of the Indian disturbances in Humboldt and in the country of the Snake Indians in Oregon all is quiet.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. WRIGHT,

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

ADJUTANT-GENERAL U. S. ARMY,

Washington, D. C.


Numbers 2.

Reports of Colonel Henry M. Black, Sixth California Infantry, commanding District of Humboldt.


HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF HUMBOLDT,
Temporarily in Camp near Fort Gaston, Cal., April 7, 1864.

COLONEL: In order that the general commanding department may know what is being done within this district, I have the honor to inclose herewith all original reports of scouts, &c., as far as heard from for the month of March, made by the following-named officers, viz: Major T. F.

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*See Whipple, May 6, ante, and Hull, April 30, ante.

#See report of Sergt. Richard B. Harris, First Battalion California Mountaineers, p. 303.

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