"Mr. T.C. Van Epps, now of Los Angeles, California, while a citizen of Olympia some thirty years ago purchased an old cabinet and in it found the manuscript report by W. B. Gaswell, Indian Agent in the year 1856. The report is dated at Olympia, Washington Territory, December 31, 1856, and is directed to Hon. Isaac I. Stevens, Governor and Superintendent of Indian Affairs. The first two paragraphs are as follows..."
