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services. On the arrival of the regular collector and 

 deputies, appointed according to law, a full statement 

 will be made of all the moneys which have been col 

 lected in California, and the papers and accounts con 

 nected with the expenditure of this civil fund will be 

 sent to Washington, as heretofore, in order that all 

 officers who shall receive or expend the same may be 

 held to a strict accountability. 



I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



B. RILEY, 



Brevet Brig. Gf-en. U. S. A., and Governor of Cali 

 fornia. 



Major-General R. JONES, 

 Adjutant G-eneral of the Army, Washington,!). 0. 



APPENDIX L. 



Governor Riley took occasion to make an excursion 

 through the gold regions, soon after his affairs with 

 the assemblies were disposed off. A reconnoisance 

 of the valleys of the Sacramento and San Joaquin was 

 made, and particular care given to the matter of es 

 tablishing military posts for defending the miners and 

 others from the attacks of the Indians. After his re 

 turn to Monterey, the following despatch was sent to the 

 headquarters of the United States army. The subject 

 of the Indian troubles receives especial consideration. 



HEADQUARTERS TENTH MILITARY DEPARTMENT, 



Monterey, California, August 30, 1849. 



COLONEL : I found, on my return to this place from 



a reconnoissance of a portion of the valleys of San 



Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers, general orders No. 1 



