CHAPTER XXXVIII

WAGING THE WAR ON THE SOUND

Volunteers form Northern, Central, and Southern battalions--Plan of campaign--Cooperation sought with regulars--Memoir of information sent General Wool and Colonel Wright--Campaign east of Cascades suggested--Wool's flying visit to Sound--Demands virtual disbanding of volunteers--Governor Stevens's caustic letter of refusal--Pat-ka-nim fights hostiles--Naval forces--Battle of Connell's prairie--Scouring the forests and swamps amid rains and storms--Red allies--Massacre at Cascades--Two companies of rangers called out to reassure settlers--Unremitting warfare--Hostiles surrender or flee across Cascades--Posts and blockhouses turned over to regulars--Volunteers on Sound disbanded 171