. History of Washington; the rise and progress of an American state . THE RISE AND PROGRESS tfc [77 I7AIJJI77 .Z30 F?orifei1ntiemilitary III some tovernor#$, w^s madeHfeceT«quested & to the moil b3§6fl£rn Jons .Jeiangg^ ^H .an9V9gnhr/fi fiiqrrr/10 Je SSbUeh bh f>(J]hostiIes, apw aH ,e>iil air WnnortinP rising irn first i had -unted to only fifty equipping the companies ss with which they were he moral material jlv people, an«J ;tter ? uartermaster-generalilton, the surveyor-position. The warand practically sus-I, as he had seen serviceadmirably fitted for thelet it was askedMiller was na
. History of Washington; the rise and progress of an American state . THE RISE AND PROGRESS tfc [77 I7AIJJI77 .Z30 F?orifei1ntiemilitary III some tovernor#$, w^s madeHfeceT«quested & to the moil b3§6fl£rn Jons .Jeiangg^ ^H .an9V9gnhr/fi fiiqrrr/10 Je SSbUeh bh f>(J]hostiIes, apw aH ,e>iil air WnnortinP rising irn first i had -unted to only fifty equipping the companies ss with which they were he moral material jlv people, an«J ;tter ? uartermaster-generalilton, the surveyor-position. The warand practically sus-I, as he had seen serviceadmirably fitted for thelet it was askedMiller was named,ty. It was not onlymunition and shelternd deliver it at theirmany of the volunteersans who had been/ided for them on the. /^/h^c*^ OF AN AMERICAN STATE 399 islands, or in other places where they would be least likelyto be visited by the hostiles, required to be fed. To procuresupplies in any quantity, in the scattered and demoralizedsettlements, was difficult. Most of the settlers had beendriven from their homes before their crops were gathered,and where they had been gathered the Indians sometimesseized them, or burned the building in which they werestored. Their cattle were scattered, and at most they hadbut few to spare. In such a condition the Puget SoundAgricultural Companys farms at the Cowlitz and Nisqually,and the Hudsons Bay Companys storehouses at Victoriamust be, and were, the main reliance of the commissary andquartermasters department. They were liberally drawnupon and, so far as they were able, furnished what was askedof them, at prices not then or since considered payment could not be made in cash, and as the governorwas not authorized to give drafts on the national treasur
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