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ignorance of the topography of the country, and the management of the troops, whose through every line of his interview. General Grierson's character as a man and reputation as a dashing cavalry soldier are too well known to the public to suffer injury by any such statement as that contained in "Frontier Affairs" and I am surprised you would assist in its circulation.

   The truth of the matter is simply this, and you may depend upon it, I do not receive my information second hand.
   About the middle of June, Victorio and his band of marauders having been driven out of the mountains of New Mexico by General Hatch into Old Mexico, it was officially reported that in all probability the wily old chieftain and his murdering clan would attempt to cross back to the territory of the United States somewhere near old Fort Quitman, an abandoned post on the Rio Grande, ninety miles below El Paso and one hundred and thirty five miles west of Fort Davis.  To meet this threatened invasion of Texas, General G....[strike] Grierson, commanding the military "District of the Pecos" immediately proceeded to concentrate all the available troops of his district at such points as would enable him to protect the few scattered settlements and punish the marauders.  To do this effectually the country being one of magnificent distances and almost devoid of water