truly due to you. How could they expect the affairs of the west coast to go on prosperous under the management of a man of so little principle as Whitmore, a lyin and deciving scoundrell and his suporters are little better. However I am pleased at last that they have offered head money as it shows that they mean to do something to try and retrieve there lost reputation but I fear that they cannot do. I never had the lest fear up hear as I was always certain if things came to the worst we would have ti...ous warning and I never wrote you about any plan of defence altho I have been concocting a good maney but I thought you had plenty to do without me troubling you. But still I consider it would be nothing but fair and right that I should now say something. You perhaps are not awair that we have no officer of any kind in the districk and have told both Mr Condie and Twigg to tell you that we had no ammunition & I consider it would be very advisable to send us some and get a commission for Twigg in the maletiea [militia] so as to