Date

Citation – Primary Source

Event / Description

1868

Folder F3753:655, Military Department. Adjutant General. Indian War Papers, F3753, California State Archives.

Petition from citizens of Humboldt and Mendocino Counties to Governor H.H. Haight to authorize raising of 40 volunteers to subdue Indians. Says U.S. Army can’t do it. Written in Humboldt and Mendocino Counties, 1868-71 (?)

No copy of document; citation only.

01/23/1868

Folder F3753:654, Military Department. Adjutant General. Indian War Papers, F3753, California State Archives.

Affidavit of Edmond W. Curtis that while hunting in Mendocino County his two companions, Marshall Cruther and Frank Fairchild, were killed by Indians without provocation or offense. Written January 23, 1868.

No copy of document; citation only.

05/09/1868

Folder F3753:708, Military Department. Adjutant General. Indian War Papers, F3753, California State Archives.

Letter from Wm. C. Martin to state Adjutant General asking that original rolls of Captain Woodword’s Klamath Volunteers be checked for one John Mosely whose application for land bounty was returned as not on rolls. Martin says may be listed as Mosby but original in Adjutant General office should be right. Written in Eureka, May 9, 1868.

No copy of document; citation only.

07/20/1868

William H. Pratt to N.G. Taylor, July 20, 1868, document no. 22 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 40 Cong., 3 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 592-594 (1366).

Discusses conditions on Hoopa reservation.

07/31/1868

Henry Orman, Jr., to B.C. Whiting, July 31, 1868, document no. 20 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 40 Cong., 3 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 588-590 (1366).

Provides annual report for Smith River Reservation.

08/20/1868

Charles Maltby to N.G. Taylor, August 20, 1868, document no. 23 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 40 Cong., 3 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 594-596 (1366).

Provides annual report for Tule River Reservation.

08/26/1868

B.L. Fairfield to N.G. Taylor, August 26, 1868, document no. 21 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 40 Cong., 3 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 590-592 (1366).

Provides annual report for Round Valley Reservation.

10/10/1868

B.C. Whiting to N.G. Taylor, October 10, 1868, document no. 19 of Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, H. Exec. Docs., 40 Cong., 3 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 585-588 (1366).

11/23/1868

N.G. Taylor, Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, November 23, 1868, H. Exec. Docs., 40 Cong., 3 Sess., Vol. 2, Doc. 1, pp. 461-486 (1366).