, 1856-06-27
From the Oregon Weekly Times, June llth.
Another Letter from General Wool,

appears a very lengthy letter from John E
Wool, addressed to the editor of that pa
per for publication. 1t bears date at Ben
icia, California, April I'd, 1856.
That portion Of the letter which does no
contain downright falsehoods relative L
the Indian war in Oregon and Washington
is partial'and high colored misrepresenta
ton Of facts We believe the bane of thai
letter carries its own antidote. His obiecl
for penning such letter for the public
print at Washington, is obvious; It is fol
the base purpose Of influencing congress mo-
to appropriate any means to pay the volun
teer expenses Of the war, and it will, nc
doubt, have some influence with many
One would suppose that bis Official reports
to the war department might answer his
malignant purposes, but it seems otherwise
We learn that the editors Of the Intelli.
genoer have been furnished with, and will
publish, Gov. Stevens letter to Gen. Wool,
the same which was published here few
months since.
Gen. Wool has made an issue with the
people Of Oregon and Washington, and 1t
is no more than just and proper that be
should be thoroughly exposed. he com
mences by doing injustice TO both Majors
HalIer and Rains, in regard to their action
at the outbreak Of Indian difficulties north,
and he falsi6es the facts in relation TO the
causes of Bolon's death, several whites hav-
ing been killed by the Yakimas before Bo-
Ion was killed. Wool states that the
whites were the cause of the outbreak, on
account Of Gov. Stevens treaties, aud the
carrying away and ill-tresting some squaws.
This is news here The fact is, these Indi-
ans have been preparing for war for long
period Of time, according to their own ac-
knowledgements. They had determined
upon hostilities before Stevens attempted
to make treaties, and it is q notorious fact
that Kamiakin and Pee Mox-Mox in
tended to assassinate Gov. Stevens and
party on the council ground last summer;
and that they were only prevented from
carrying out their diabolical designs by the
interference of the Nez Perces.
These are the Indians whom Gen. Wool
sympathises with, and SHch are the fats he
unbiushingly falsifes. He says, " Pee Peu-
Mor-MOr i0dS burbarOESly killed, lOith his
companions" by the volunteers under Col.
Kelly. Nice Indian sympathy, certainl
Gen. Wool further asserts in his letter,
that the "0regonians say that the war is
u gOd-send to the country |" This is a
downright unblushing falsehood; and in
making that assertion, Gen. Wool has be-
trayed weak point, as well as an absence
Of a proper regard for truth. He further
states that white men, attaches Of the II.
B. Co., are in no danger Of being killed.
The killing Of Mr.. Sinclair, at the Cascades,
proves at once that Gen. Wool knows not
the truth Of this point in the matter.
He charges the volunteers with plunder-
ing the frisNdiy CayuSes Of their horses and
cattle. He charges that the volunteers
went to Walla-walla Ito fght the Indians;
no matter whether friends or enemies, as ii
was indispensable to excite the sympathy
Of the nation and especially congress, or the
propriety Of paying contributions 50 pro-
fusely levied on the people Of Oregon, might
be questioned" Weak, misguided old
mani He supposes that his assertions will
carry weight; but 1t will be a dead weight
to his reputation as a warrior, when his
pronunciamento against Oregon, with its
blended sympathy with the Indians, is sift-
ed and properly understood at Washington
city.
He states that "as soon as he was in
formed Of Maj. Haller's defeat he ordered
all the disposable troops at his command to
the seat Of war, and he followed" If Fl.
Vancouver was the seat of war;" which
it was not, there might have been some
truth in this assertion. But the facts are
these: General Wool sent up some regulars
to Fl. Vancouver and called in others from
the Geld of danger, where they spent the
winter very agreeably, while the volunteer
forces were enduring every hardship to pro-
tect the settlements. Gen. Wool employ
ed his time between Vancouver and San
Francisco, busying himself with denouncing
the volunteers and the people and drinking
champagne and sympathising with the enc
my, while those whom he so unjustly bera-
ted were defending the country from the in
vasion of savage foe-subsisting at times
upon horse-Aeshl These are facts, and de-
fy retutation on the part Of Gen. Wool.
Gen. Wool may endeavor to mystify
facts and turn to account everything posi-
BILE, to cover up his glaring deformities, in
the vain effort to save his reputation from
deserved reprOach; but in the end be will be
fully exposed, He may, like a a,drowning
man, catch at straws; he may seize upon
an opportunity to charge the people Of this
and sister territory, as band Of murder
ers, instigating this war from mercenary
motives; be may belle his subordnates,
Majors Haller and Rains, who tried to do
their duty, by charging them with being
" stimulated in their exertions by political
demagogues;1 he may assert that there is
no war" he may charge that this war was
gotten up { as be says for the purpose oi
plundering the United States treasury By
wholesale; he may bark and whine over the
UNANIMOUS vote Of the late Oregon