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Page 600 - SIR : I have the honor to report, for the information of the major general commanding, that the situation here is not improving since my last report.
Page 281 - October 19, 1859. Colonel : I have the honor to report, for the information of the Secretary of War, that on arriving here on the night of the 17th instant, in obedience to Special Orders No.
Page 72 - Weber station. I have been everywhere recognized as the governor of Utah ; and, so far from having encountered insults or indignities, I am gratified in being able to state to you that, in passing through the settlements, I have been universally greeted with such respectful attentions as are due to the representative of the executive authority of the United States in the Territory.
Page 62 - ... continue your march slowly to Smith's Fork, ascending which in the vicinity of Fort Supply you will find sufficient and excellent grazing for all the animals for several weeks, and abundant means for making corrals. He is desirous of collecting the herds and of grazing them for a few weeks on Smith's Fork, until the new grass shall have advanced sufficiently to admit of uniting the command in this vicinity. On that fork the guard can be easily supported from this camp. Major Sibley will be directed...
Page 10 - Utah cost no more than eight dollars and fifty cents per hundred, nett, at Fort Laramie seven dollars and a half per hundred, nett, whilst the supply delivered at Fort Leavenworth, of the fattest and most superior quality of corn fed beef, cost only six dollars and twenty-five cents per hundred, nett. NATIONAL DEFENCES. The accompanying report of the Chief Engineer will inform you of the progress which has been made during the past year in the construction of our fortifications. The purposes and...
Page 630 - Sihasapas and our position, which was sufficiently unpleasant in the presence of such a numerous party of half-avowed enemies, was rendered doubly so by a storm of sleet and snow, which lasted two days and nights, and against which we had but little protection. " A young Indian who had accompanied us from Fort Laramie, considered the danger to us so imminent that he forsook our camp and joined his friends, the Minikanyes. Under these embarrassing circumstances my associates evinced the most resolute...
Page 167 - Territory shall enter upon the discharge of their respective duties; and that they will make no resistance to the army of the United States in its march to the valley of Salt Lake or elsewhere. We have their assurance that no resistance will be made to the officers, civil or military, of the United States, in the exercise of their various functions in the Territory of Utah.
Page 113 - Yedo, this twentyninth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, and of the independence of the United States of America the eighty-third, corresponding to the Japanese era, the nineteenth day of the sixth month of the fifth year of Ansei Mma.
Page 96 - The people, including the inhabitants of this city, are removing from every settlement in the northern part of the Territory. The roads are everywhere filled with wagons loaded with provisions and household furniture, the women and children, often without shoes or hats, driving their flocks they know not where. They seem not only resigned but cheerful. "It is the will of the Lord," and they rejoice to exchange the comforts of home for the trials of the wilderness.
Page 586 - ... favorite object with him, and his previous experience, and his knowledge of the Indians and character of the country, would enable him to accomplish the work with economy. The highly creditable manner in which the explorations heretofore intrusted to him have been conducted, under many embarrassments, difficulties, and dangers, prove him to be peculiarly well qualified for the task. A detailed plan for the execution of the work will be found in the report. IV. — THE MILITARY ROAD FROM FORT...