[Late Quartermaster General C. S. Drew’s letter to Governor Curry, transmitting correspondence, depositions, &c., relative to the service of Captain Jesse Walker’s company, dated December 14, 1857.] edit
Salem, O. T., December 14, 1857.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith the deposition of John W. McCully, D. M. Kenney, W. W. Fowler, Sigismund Ettlinger, Jacob A. Brunner, William Hesse, John Anderson, and Benjamin T. Davis, the oldest and most prominent merchants and traders of Jacksonville, Oregon; and also the statements of Hon. A. M. Rosborough, E. Steele, D. R. Calhoon, E. W. Conner, and W. T. Kershaw, of Siskiyou county, California, in relation to Indian hostilities and prices of supplies in southern Oregon.
Mr. Rosborough was formerly special Indian agent for northern California, and exercised, as he yet does, a great influence over the Indians of that section of country. He is now county judge of Siskiyou county, in that State. E. Steele is of the same place, a lawyer by profession, and the minuteness of his statement shows him to be entirely conversant with the subject of which he writes. D. R. Calhoon is a farmer, of Scott’s valley. E. W. Conner is a stock-grower, of Shasta valley. W. T. Kershaw has served for a long time as constable of Yreka. These gentlemen are men of strict veracity, sound judgment, and well acquainted with Indian character.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
C. S. DREW,
Late Quartermaster General, Oregon Territory.
His Excellency Geo. L. Curry,
Governor of Oregon.