Reports relating to the U.S. Army's military expeditions against the Indians of the Pit River area, California, 1850-1861.

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Reports relating to the U.S. Army's military expeditions against the Indians of the Pit River area, California, 1850-1861.

Includes reports of Infantry and Dragoon expeditions, authored by the following individuals: Bvt. Capt. Nathaniel Lyon, commander of the Clear Lake and Pit River expeditions (1850); Capt. John W. T. Gardiner and Capt. Henry Judah, expedition against Indians of the Pit River area (1857); and Lt. Josiah H. Kellogg, scout of Indians in the Pit River area (1861).

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