The general begs to assure you that every facility and encouragement will be given to the advancement of the good work you have already so successfully commenced in that country.
With the highest considerations of respect and esteem, I remain, my dear Father,
Your sincere friend,
A.PLEASONTON.
(Private.)
My Dear Father:
i send you your letter and also the orders for the officers of the different posts, through which you will pass, to deliver on your arrival.
I shall always look back upon the agreeable moments we have passed together as among the most pleasant of my life and if you will accept the best wishes of so humble an individual as myself, for your health and success through life, rest assured they will always remain with you.
With sentiments of the highest esteem and regard I remain, Father,
Your sincere friend,
A. PLEASONTON.
To the Reverend P. J. DE SMET, S. J., etc., etc.
Headquarters, Department of Oregon.
Fort Vancouver, W. T.,
October 28, 1858.
To the Reverend Father P. J. DE SMET, Chaplain, etc.: Dear Sir.- The general commanding instructs me to say, that he most cordially approves of your proposition to