You will direct Lieut. Doane, Second Cavalry, with his escort to
rejoin his proper station Fort Ellis, as soon as practicable.
Acknowledge receipt.
R. C. Drum
A. A. G.
That Doane was very bitter at this turn of events is indicated by
subsequent entries in his journal.
This was the result. I simply note here an extract from Sergeant
Server's journal. The only one left us when the boat capsized. "Lt.
Doane was very mad in consequence of our having to return, and so were
all the men, but we tried to make the best of it."
Over a year afterward I received the key to this mystery. And here it
is. It will be observed that there is some little truth in it, and
much that is false. And bear in mind that my letter and telegram from
Keenan City were received on the 28th December, and that I had not yet
been heard from at Eagle Rock or Fort Hall.