else my intellect has become dull. I cannot seem to think

River, directed a redistribution to some extent of the troops in the

district, and shortly before his return to San Francisco I was

ordered with my detachment of dragoons to take station on the Grande

Ronde Indian Reservation in Yamhill County, Oregon, about twenty-five

miles southwest of Dayton, and to relieve from duty at that point

Lieutenant William B. Hazen--late brigadier-general and chief signal

officer--who had established a camp there some time before. I

started for my new station on April 21, and marching by way of