, 1859-05-27

Of ,hem were members of Captain Max
on'S company, and an examination would
probably show that all of them were mem
bers of this or some other company. In
some cases they are represented as having
horses, saddles and brides, for the use Of
the Territory, at rates making up aggre-
gates exceeding in some instances twice the
appraised value of the property, while they
themselves were mounted upon horses own
ed by the Territory.
Thi, property is entered IN February and
March and discharged in August, ScptCm.
her, October and November, 1856, more
than two months after the discharge of
Captain Maxon'S company. Where the
horses or other property was not returned
to the owner, as was often the case, the APP
praised value is reported to be due said
owner. The amount of the abstract, $3l, :
2T0 80, is returned in the report of the
commissioners MS part of the expenses Of
the Indian war in Washington, but the
property reported not returned to the OWL
erS is not in any manner accounted for
The compensation of the appraisers is set
down at $40 per day each. From the bills
of charges for meals and lodging it is evil
dent that all employees were subsis'ed and
lodged at the public expense, at the rate
of one dollar for each meal, in addition to
The compensation reported for their servi.
ccs. lie, rs well as the rest of the quar-
tcrmasters Of the Territory, appear to have
considered tobacco au article Of military
supply, which, it is scarcely necessary to
say, is unknown to any service ever recog-
nized by the United States The article is
treated by Qnartermaster Miliard as Cloth
ing, of which he parchascd, received, and
issued 1912 pounds" His prices, &c, set
forth more in detail, are as follows:
Horses from 100 to 500 dolls each; oxen
l25, $50, l75, l9l dolls; wagons 500, $50,
400 dolls; Office chairs - dolls each; sad
dies 49, 40, 81, 60 dolls; oX-yokc dols;
mules 400 dols each; horse, saddle, bride,
and halter $50 dolls; 2 horses 100 dolls;
mule 500 dolls; carpeting 2 dolls per yard; /;
leather ono dol. per h.; wood ten dolls per
cord; pen-hnives dolls each; whip.lashes
two dolls each; sugar 20 cents per h.; rice
10 cents per H.. beef cattle 1875 dolls each;
ten dolls per day; herders four
dolls per day aud FIVE; clerk hire nine dolls
per day; drover four to six dolls per day;
purchasing agent dols per day; laborcr
four dolls per day; driving cattle 6 dolls per
day; saddle 60 dolls; chief packer dolls
per day; hire of oxen per yoke five dolls per
day; purchasing agent and clerk ten dolls
per day; purchasing agent 200 per month, /,
aud eight and tea dolls per day, and 300
per month; clerk ten and eight dolls per day !;
shoeiug horses, per day, eight dolls; ship
ping and transit agent 225 dolls per month !;
stock driver four dolls per day; wagon mas,
ter five dolls per day; saddler eight dolls per
day; expresSmen five dolls per day, and six
stabling and foraging horses, two dolls per
day; oats - 90 per Lushel; eight accounts
of II. S. Jacobs & Co., for repairing wag-
ons amounting to $l,077 40, all eommenc-
ing on the l4th of March, 1856; soap, I6I
cents; shoeing horses eight dols each; fer
riuge over Columbia river at Vancouver,
horse three dolls, and man, two dolls each;
bacon 80 and 40 cents per pound; wheat
50 80 per buShcl; meals one dol. each; beef
So dolls per barrel; boots fifteen dolls; shoes
6 dolls; shirts five dolls; drawers five; coal,
80 dolls; pants fifteen; hat, eight; laborers,
five dolls per day; drummer ten dolS per day
800 pounds OF pow der, a 81 25 per pound
wheat four dolls per buShel; two pair boots
eighteen dolls per pair; bride leather 81 80
per pound; one full rugged Spanish saddle,
bride, and martingale, Ito dolls; hay 80
for
five dolls per day; salt cents per 10; bacon
80 and 40 cents; beans % cents; two beeves
| 900 pounds ut 20 cents, 200 dolls each;
-four 9 cents per pound; candles 65 cents;
potatoes per bushel So so; II revolyers,
81 1905 hire of horses for eXpreSsman, five
dolls per day; blacksmiths $l2 30 per day;
258 dolls charged for meals aud lodging at
the Mansion House, Portland, Oregon, for
Captain Williams, aud between thirty aud
forty Of his company from the 18th to the
Gath of September, the day before their
final discharge from the service, which is
allowed by the commissioners; another bill
Of 800 dolls for boarding expreSsmen,
agents, and Struggling soldiers from their
companies, at the same house; another bill
OF same, for 275 dolls; account OF Mathew
Patten for board, and attendance on James
Miller, private OF Company d, from June
l6, to July 25, seventy days, at So so per
day, $455; for washing 80 pieces ut so
cents each, $l5.
On the muster roll, Miller is stated to
have been left sick at jackson, but report
ed for pay for the whole period of his SER
vice from February IL, to September IL,
1856, approved by commissioners. p. A.
Hern, for taking ia allidayits of Captain
Maxou'S company, September 27, at so
cents each, when the company was dis
charged September l3. The following is
u medical bill of Doctor IL. A. Fuzo, pre-
sumed TO be the Henry Fuzo, in service as
assistant surgeon, from May l, to July l6,
1856, for professional services to the follow
ing members Of Company A, Captain
Maxon's, and from the 18th Of August to
this date, which is not given. The compa-
ny discharged September l3
For advice to w. ID. Fleury, 3 times,