On March 10, 1860, as part of a letter conveying the depositions of citizens concerning Indian depredations from Humboldt County Sheriff B. VanNest to Governor Downey, A. S. Pardee wrote a deposition in Union, Humboldt County to the effect that Indians had burned his house in 1858 and that he rebuilt on same site. That in 1860, some Indians took shot at him from ambush and he has moved family back into town again. He said he could not afford to keep guards, and that his house will now be destroyed again.Folder F3753:478, Military Department. Adjutant General. Indian War Papers, F3753, California State Archives.
