Letter: to Rodman McCamley Price /by Dickenson Woodruff, 1856 May 21.

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Letter: to Rodman McCamley Price /by Dickenson Woodruff, 1856 May 21.

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Reports the massacre of whites at the Cascades and describes how the besieged survivors were rescued by several companies of the Ninth Infantry. Predicts a long and costly campaign against the Indians and questions the value of prosecuting such a war.

4 p.; 26 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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