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company of dragoons engaged in escorting a surveying party of the boundary commission, to 

 turn-out his whole force, and search the river to its mouth for the recovery of the captain's body. 



was 



officers of his own regiment. 



and had it carefully placed in a coffiin, with the intention of bringing it to my camp ; but in 

 passing through San Diego, the officers of the 2d infantry, to which regiment Captain Thorn 

 then belonged, who were stationed there, claimed the body, and took possession of it. 



Previous to setting out on the expedition to California, I applied to have Captain Tliorn 

 assigned to duty with my command. This and other considerations made me desirous of recov- 

 ering his body and sending it to his friends ; but I could interpose no claim over that of the 



I close this brief account of the circumstances attending the 

 loss of a valued friend and brave brother officer by giving the letter of Lieutenant Coutts, which 



accompanied his remains : 



Camp Calhoun, California, Jslovemher 11^ 1849. 



Major : I have succeeded in making a box that will probably carry the remains of the 



lamented Captain Thorn to San Diego. In the absence of all material and conveniences for 



effecting this desired object properly, my carpenters have done better than I expected of them. 



I send the whole under the charge of Mr. Wiatt^ a citizen, with one of my teamsters and a 



dragoon. They will procure a fresh team at Salvation camp, and should reach San Diego by 



the 23d instant. It will not, of course, be necessary for the teamster and dragoon to return. 



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I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, 



CAVE J. COUTTS, 



Maj. W, H, Emory, 



L.eutenant 1st Dragoons, commanding Escort 



Commanding Escort to Boundary Commission^ Camp Riley ^ Califorina. 



-yf routes along and in the neigltborlwod of 



from the Pacifi 



¥ of 



by 



N, 



From 



Kewtown or New San Diego 



Old 8an Diego 



Fisher's Elancbo 



Panasqiiitas 



San Pasqual 



Laguna 



Santa Isabel. 



AVarner's E^incho. 



San Felipe 



Vallecito 



Carrizo creek 



Big Lagima 



New rive 



Little Lagnna.. 



Alamo Mocho 

 Cook's Well. 



Old San Diego. 

 Fisher's Eancho 

 Panasquit^s 

 San Pasqual. 



Lasruna 



Santa Isabel. 

 Warner's Kancho 

 San Felipe 

 Vallecito.. 



Carrizo creek 

 Big Laguna. . 

 New Eiver 

 Little Laguna 

 Alamo Mocho 

 Cook's Well. 

 Fort Yuma 



Distan ce. 



Distance from 

 starting point 



Kewtown..--. ^^^^ ^''^'^'' 



Total di*j- 

 tance. 



MiU$. 



217.02 



