his body had been removed. This was such a vigil as I had

this post was no exception to the general rule, and as all hands were

occupied in its construction, and I the only officer present, I was

kept busily employed in supervising matters, both as commandant and

quartermaster, until July, when Captain D. A. Russell, of the Fourth

Infantry, was ordered to take command, and I was relieved from the

About this time my little detachment parted from me, being ordered to

join a company of the First Dragoons, commanded by Captain Robert

Williams, as it passed up the country from California by way of