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In addition to the 500 prisoners which he now holds at Humboldt Bay, the Commanding Officer informs him that pretty much all the Indians, including the hostile ones, are ready to surrender. He fully agrees with me in regard to the necessity of placing them somewhere south of San Francisco, and suggests Catalina Island as the proper place. He will hold and feed them until the department is heard from, in answer to my request in the premises.

The financial Department of the Institution under my charge is somewhat unsettled. Mr Wentworth went out in debt. Mr Steele has a little money buy does not feel authorized to turn it over to me. I know nothing of the appropriation, nor when any of it will be along. I have had no directions how to proceed or to remidy such a state of affairs. Some things for the safety of the Crops and good of the service I have been compelled to buy. I have been using my own monety to meet emergencies, defray travelling expenses of self and Agents until I find the "demand more than equal to the supply". But I will never importune the Government for Money. I shall endeavor to