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there is any thing at his command to feed them with. The mules and horses in that department, he is instructed to drive to Round Valley if, in his judgment, the effects of the drouth will endanger their lives during the season. At Round Valley the feed is splendid, and they can be sent South again next winter after the rains commence in time to put in crops. Besides, it will cost nothing to Keep them at Round Vallely. With the aid of the crop at the Tule River farm and the recent rains in the extreme Southern part of the State, I have reason to hope that the indians there will not suffer much this season; or, at least until such time as I can visit them and see to their wants in person. I am induced to the belief that there is no immediate danger of starvation among them from a letter received by Col Curtis, Comig Southern Military District, date of 22d ult. in which he says: 'the Yumas' and other lands along the Colorado river are as badly off as any of the indians, and recent advices from that country state that the crop of mesquit, which is their principal reliance, will be large this year." Col Curtis is well posted in matters pertaining to the Southern