TOPEKA, KANS., June 3, 1864.

Brigadier General T. J. McKEAN,

Commanding District of South Kansas:

GENERAL: I have the honor to report to you the arrival of my company at this place as per Special Orders, No. 102, dated headquarters Department of Kansas, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., May 18, 1864.

I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

ELISHA HAMMER,

Captain, Commanding Company G, Seventh Iowa Cavalry.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, COLORADO TERRITORY,

Denver, Colo. Ter., June 3, 1864.

Major-General CURTIS,

Commanding Department of Kansas:

DEAR GENERAL: I inclose copies of correspondence in relation to defense against hostile Indians. It will be destruction and death to Colorado if our lines of communication are cut off, or if they are not kept so securely guarded as that freighters will not be afraid to cross the plains, especially by the Platte River, by which our subsistence comes. We are now short of provisions and but few trains are on the way. I would respectfully ask that our troops may be allowed to defend us and whip these red-skin rebels into submission at once.

I have the honor to be, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JOHN EVANS,

Governor of Colorado Territory.

[Inclosure. No. 1.] EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, COLORADO TERRITORY, Denver, June 3, 1864.

Colonel J. M. CHIVINGTON,

Commanding District of Colorado:

SIR: I inclose for your consideration a copy of a letter received from H. M. Fosdick. I have no doubt of the correctness of the statements therein made, and of the propriety of the request; and I hope that the exigencies of the service will permit the presence of an adequate military force in his neighborhood while the present danger from Indian hostilities exists.

Your obedient servant,

JOHN EVANS,

Governor of Colorado Territory.

[Sub-Inclosure.]

BOONEVILLE, COLO. TER., May 29, 1864.

Hon. JOHN EVANS,

Governor, &c.:

SIR: May I beg of you, in behalf of my own family and others in this settlement, if not incompatible with the public interest, to allow the present military or an adequate force to remain at Camp Fillmore for defense of our border. It is at this point the Indians cross to and from the Ute fights, and it is here that women have been