No. 9

1. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatches
Nos 2 and 3 of the 7th and 15th of January last, and observe with
much satisfaction that you approve of the course which I adopted in
respect to the application from the Commander of the United States
Steamer "Massachusetts," for assistance in arresting the Indians who had murdered an American Citizen.

2. I feel no less gratified and highly appreciate the Kind notice,
bestowed upon the account which I transmitted, of the Indian population
of Vancouver's Island.
.mar*
In 11582.