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My own impression is that matters will come to an end quite suddenly at last, wind up in a hurry, and that that will be between the twelfth and fifteenth of this month. | My own impression is that matters will come to an end quite suddenly at last, wind up in a hurry, and that that will be between the twelfth and fifteenth of this month. | ||
The 7th Cavalry have about 600 horses left and 750 men the Kansas Regt. still has 550 horses. Gen'l. Sheridan talks (at his own Hq. Qn.) of dismounting the 19th here, mounting the 7th entire and leaving the balance of the horses, about 400 [underline] in this District to be recuperated and used by the companies of the 10th Cav'y. which he thinks he will brings [strike s} down here without mounting them. He says the horses are good ones as a general rule, all bought in Kansas in open market, in the Fall at $160. per head, and never yet used hard, except in the way of shortness in feed. His only doubt seems to be whether 400 horses can be taken care of properly at or near Arbuckel, say until the middle of May. Here is a matter for you to think over, and try to arrange. | The 7th Cavalry have about 600 horses left and 750 men the Kansas Regt. still has 550 horses. Gen'l. Sheridan talks (at his own Hq. Qn.) of dismounting the 19th here, mounting the 7th entire and leaving the balance of the horses, about 400 [underline] in this District to be recuperated and used by the companies of the 10th Cav'y. which he thinks he will brings [strike s} down here without mounting them. He says the horses are good ones as a general rule, all bought in Kansas in open market, in the Fall at $160. per head, and never yet used hard, except in the way of shortness in feed. His only doubt seems to be whether 400 horses can be taken care of properly at or near Arbuckel, say until the middle of May. Here is a matter for you to think over, and try to arrange. | ||
Carr, penrose & Co. had gone back from the Canadian and were on Beaver Cr. or North Fork Canadian on the 19th of Jany. | Carr, penrose & Co. had gone back from the Canadian and were on Beaver Cr. or North Fork Canadian on the 19th of Jany. - when a man left them who is now here. He represents the command to be in a sorry plight. Gen'l. Sheridan has intimated to this man that he may have to go back to this starting point soon, to bring from there [last 2 words underline] to this place the four cos. 10th Cav'y. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:04, 5 May 2019
It is thought now that the condition of the Cheyennes and Arapahoes will be such that in want of a large amount of spare transportation, they will have to be left in this region till Spring, a proper force to stay with them and conduct them to their reservation as soon as practicable.
My own impression is that matters will come to an end quite suddenly at last, wind up in a hurry, and that that will be between the twelfth and fifteenth of this month.
The 7th Cavalry have about 600 horses left and 750 men the Kansas Regt. still has 550 horses. Gen'l. Sheridan talks (at his own Hq. Qn.) of dismounting the 19th here, mounting the 7th entire and leaving the balance of the horses, about 400 [underline] in this District to be recuperated and used by the companies of the 10th Cav'y. which he thinks he will brings [strike s} down here without mounting them. He says the horses are good ones as a general rule, all bought in Kansas in open market, in the Fall at $160. per head, and never yet used hard, except in the way of shortness in feed. His only doubt seems to be whether 400 horses can be taken care of properly at or near Arbuckel, say until the middle of May. Here is a matter for you to think over, and try to arrange.
Carr, penrose & Co. had gone back from the Canadian and were on Beaver Cr. or North Fork Canadian on the 19th of Jany. - when a man left them who is now here. He represents the command to be in a sorry plight. Gen'l. Sheridan has intimated to this man that he may have to go back to this starting point soon, to bring from there [last 2 words underline] to this place the four cos. 10th Cav'y.