To E. A. HAYT,
Commissioner,
Washington, D.C.:
Would say to yours 23rd September, if soldiers arrest Indians and go away, I must go with them. Soldiers must stay. Large bodies of Indians leaving for the north to hunt. They insisted I should give out blankets now. I refused. Trade in guns and ammunition of Bear and Snake Rivers is brisk. Company D, Ninth Cavalry, at Steamboat Springs, waiting instructions which came today from General Hatch,…