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To the<br />
Sir:<br />
Assistant Adjutant General<br />
Rd. Qrs Dept. of the Columbia<br />
Benioia Barracks, Cal.<br />
June 1, 18'14.<br />
(Thro' Headqrs 1411. DI.T. of the Pacific)<br />
I haTe the honor to submit the following imperfect report<br />
of the operations of the troops in the Modoc Country whilst under<br />
my colliDS.nd; having no access to the records of the command, it can<br />
but be very incomplete.<br />
On the 23rd of 1anuary, 18'13, I received a telegraphic order tram<br />
the Headquarters of the Military DI.Tision of the Pacitic,<br />
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informing me that I had been "assigned to the ccmmand ot the troops --<br />
in the Modoc Country, and directing me to proceed w1 thout delay to<br />
the Headquarters ot those troops•:- delaying only to get the<br />
necessary intol'll&tion concerning the position ot the troops in,<br />
and en route to the seat ot war, I lett Benicia Barracks, Cal.,<br />
January 26th and arrived at Yreka the 28th. On my arrival at the<br />
latter place, I received a telegraphic di.teh :trom General Canby<br />
giTiD.g me the stations and numbers ot troops, with other important<br />
intol"SSlliltion. - Later the 8Eillle day, I received another dispatch<br />
from General Canby informing me that a commission to negociate<br />
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