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Voucher 2. Chas. Westmoreland - Spcl. Agent - $200-
Explanation same as to Vr 1. 1 qr. 1858.

Voucher 3. Col. Stage Co. - Passages - $42.
Item 1. Messenger sent to carry express
to Nome Cult. This was necessary in consequence
of Indian hostilities then existing in Eel River.
Items 2 & 3. Supt. visiting Nome Lackee.

Voucher 6. Douglass & Co. - Removing Cattle - $1354~
This bill though apparently high
is as cheap as the work could be done for.
My contract with Douglass & Co. was that they
should remove their cattle, and those belonging
to the Government together and each to bear
their proper proportion of the expenses. Mr.
Douglass has sworn that the sum charged
was the actual cost, pro rata, of the removal
His affadavit to that effect was filed
and forwarded with the account. He is a man
of character & veracity.

Voucher 7. Jno Conway - Guns - $75~
Fire arms are necessary on
Indian Reservations - for purposes of
protection, for hunting and occassionally
to kill a beef for consumption.

Voucher 8. Steamer Commodore - Passages $90~
Items 1. Supt visiting the
Mendocino Reservation. Item 2. J. Ross
Browne Spcl. Agent of the Treasury
Department. I have never seen
Mr. Browne's authority to travel
at the expense of the Indian

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