by reason of our superior vigilance, or by the clumsiness

Ronde under charge of an agent, Mr. John F. Miller, a sensible,

practical man, who left the entire police control to the military,

and attended faithfully to the duty of settling the Indians in the

As the place was to be occupied permanently, Lieutenant Hazen had

begun, before my arrival, the erection of buildings for the shelter

of his command, and I continued the work of constructing the post as

laid out by him. In those days the Government did not provide very

liberally for sheltering its soldiers; and officers and men were