68 LETTERS TO DR. SUCKLEY AND LIEUTENANT MULLAN. 



Wallah. At Wallah- Wallah you will receive additional instructions. We have met Garry, 

 the chief of the Spokanes, and I am highly pleased with him. He is a man of entire honesty 

 and great energy, and well calculated to be chief of his tribe. Under his auspices I think his 

 people will improve rapidly. You are aware of my wish to establish a meteorological post 

 between the Cascade and Bitter Hoot mountains. 



I wish you would consider this matter and endeavor to advise me in regard to its location and 

 the manner in which it should be conducted. Three places come into competition, Wallah- 

 Wallah, Fort Colville, and the Spokane river ; and I am at present inclined to the opinion that 

 Wallah- Wallah is the most suitable. 



Give all the attention you possibly can to the Indians, particularly to the Spokane and Nez 

 Perces. 



Yours, &c. } 



ISAAC I. STEVENS. 



Lieut. K. ARNOLD, kth Artillery. 



No. 11. 



CAMP WASHINGTON, 



Twelve Miles South of Spokane House, October 29, 1853. 



DEAR SIR: I have learned from Mr. McDonald, at Colville, that the Hudson s Bay people never 

 attempt the passage of the Columbia in boats from the Pend d Oreille mission; and I have 

 therefore requested Lieutenant Arnold, now at Colville, to send to the mission a guide, and 

 with the suggestion that you come from that point by land. 



My object in this is to inform you, so far as I learn, of the dangers ahead, that you may not 

 be exposed to unnecessary risk. I have also suggested to Lieutenant Arnold, that, on your 

 meeting him at Colville, you should mutually confer in reference to your future operations. 



You may deem it advisable to accompany him by land, and I have given to him authority, 

 should the lateness of the season or the condition of his animals forbid his journey by land, to 

 descend the river in a boat; in which case I shall wish to have you go together. My object in 

 making these suggestions is to guard yourself and your men from unnecessary risk,, and not to 

 interfere in the slightest degree with the field you wish to occupy. I wish that field should be 

 occupied as fully as the lateness of the season and the means in your power will permit, that 

 the best results may be gained. 



Yours, truly, 



ISAAC I. STEVENS, 

 Governor of Washington Territory, &c. 

 Dr. GEORGE SUCKLEY. 



No. 13. 



CAMP WASHINGTON, 



Twelve Miles South of Spokane House, October 29, 1853. 



DEAR SIR: Our eastern and western divisions have met at this point, and the train has now 

 been carried entirely across. Captain McClellan has discovered two passes in the Cascade range, 

 north of Mount Rainier, and has explored the whole range from the Columbia to the 49th par 

 allel. He and the officers with him are in excellent health, and have done an immense amount 

 of work. Last evening we had a little supper or meeting of the gentlemen of the two divisions, 

 at which your name, and those of other gentlemen on detached service, were not forgotten. I 

 have borne constantly in mind what I told you in regard to supplying provisions and Indian 

 goods, and I will avail myself of the very first opportunity to do so. 



