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Rh promise which was partly carried out in March by the removal of the Rogue River Indians from Fort Lane to the Grand RondRonde [sic], none of that resistance being offered which had been feared. Preparations were then made for bringing all the tribes from Coos Bay south to the California line upon the coast reservation selected in 1854. The legislature had asked for the removal of the superintendent on this ground; though in reality it was a political dodge; and his removal was accomplished before he had fairly finished the work in hand.

Immediately after the massacre of Whaleshead Governor Curry issued still another proclamation, calling for another battalion for service in the south. The governor also sought to modify his error in disbanding all unauthorized companies, by advising the organization in all exposed localities of new companies of minute-men, the captains of which were ordered to report to the adjutant-general, and recognizing those already formed as belonging to this branch of the service.