FISHERIES IN ALASKA. 



No. 9. 



Headquarters Military Division of the Pacific, 



San Francisco, California, November 23, 1S67. 

 General : I Lave the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 

 October 29, transmitting a letter of the previous day from the Secretary of State 

 in regard to claims of pre-emption in Alaska ; also your telegram of October 29, 

 on same subject. 



Since General Rousseau left here, October 25, there has been no means of 

 communicating with Sitka. It is presumed that the general is by this time in 

 Portland, Oregon. 



I will give the proper instructions to General Davis, who now commands in 

 Alaska, by the earliest opportunity. It is doubtful, however, whether there 

 will be any further communication with Sitka before next spring. 

 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



H. W. HALLECK, 

 Major General United States Army, 

 Commanding Military Division of the Pacific. 



Adjutant General of the Army, 



Washington, D. C. 



Official : 



Assistant Adjutant General. 



No. 10. 



War Department, 

 Washington City, December 21, 1867. 

 Sir: I have !ln> honor to transmit herewith a copy of a communication from 

 Major General Halleck, commanding the military division of the Pacific, concern- 

 ing the peninsula of Kenay, in the newly acquired territory of Alaska, and to 

 request that his suggestion, " that these lands be surveyed and brought into 

 market at as early a period as possible," be carried out. 

 Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



U. S. GRANT, 



Hon. Secretary of the Interior. 

 Official : 



Secretary of War ad interim. 



R. WILLIAMS, 



Assistant Adjutant General. 



Headquarters Military Division of the Pacific, 



San Francisco, California, November 19, 1S67. 



General: It is understood that the best agricultural land in the newly 

 acquired territory of Alaska is to be found on the peninsula of Kenay, between 

 Cook's inlet and Prince William's sound. The climate is said to be far better 

 than at Sitka or Kodiak. It is proposed to establish a military post on this 

 peninsula early next spring, and no doubt settlers will follow as soon as they 

 are certain of protection. 



