Digitized version of an 1859 letter from Captain Rufus Ingalls to the Third Auditor supporting claims of Oregon and Washington citizens for payment for supplies contributed during the Indian war of 1855-56. Also includes a circular letter addressed to Congress which requests action be taken on the claims, and an extract from J. Ross Brown's letter for Hon. J. W. Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs stating that he can "find nothing to sustain the charge of speculation."