President Buchanan asks for four more regiments to help quell "rebellion."
17th I started my team and wilford this morning to rush
valley to help move the women and children I spent the
fore part of the day in the endowm[en]t House the afternoon and
evening in the office on Brother Kimballs History an express
arived at sundown from Skul valley that about 30 Indians
had made an attack on the men in that valley shot at them
and drove of[f] all the Horses and cattle they could they
would have massacreed all the families ownly they were
kept off by about 10 armed men who had just arived in
season to save them. Governor Young ordered 50 mounted
men to start by light in the morning and order his own
waggons and teams to go and carry baggage
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