Letter from Col. Wright to Father Joset on taking hostages

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Typescript copy of letter from Colonel George Wright to Father Joset, asking for information and passing along General Clarke's demand for the surrender of the young men who "began the fight with Col. Steptoe without orders from the Chiefs." The typescript includes an annotation from the copyist stating the opinion that this was intended as an "off the record" communication; September 16, 1858.