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OFFICE INDIAN AFFAIRS,
NORTHERN DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, November 2 1863

Sir

Herewith please find answer of Genl Wright to communication
copy of which was forwarded with report of 31st ult

The Genl will not cover the whole ground in
his instructions to his [illegible] but I [illegible] satisfactorly
He is in fact at Sacramento although his commission
date at this place.

If all application by the Supervisor for Military
aid as against hostile Indians or [obstructive?] while
the Reservation would be helpless as a months time
at least would be consumed before messages could
pass [illegible] there being no post office more than 25 or
30 miles and a high mountain & rapid streams
[intro?] - The commander at Fort Wright refuses
to the employee of the Reservation the military express
which was regulary to open the post office consequently
they will have to depend upon [illegible] for their mail
matter or I shall have to establish an express for
the [illegible] benefit of the Reservation. This would be rather
expensive and should be avoided if possible. The
Military express [illegible] for a whole being the mail matter
to the Reservation for what the Supervisor paid the [illegible]
under order from Capt Douglas without notice of intention
it was stopped

Very Respectuflly Your Obedent
Servant
E. Steele Supt Agt
Indian Affs N. D. Cal

To Hon Wm. P. Dole
Commissioner
Washington DC