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On Sunday I wrote you quite a long letter about my trip up the Washita with Jones, and of the necessity of my going East, the first of May. Monday morning I sent a note by Pratt to be mailed at Fort Arbuckle today, in which I reported the sudden departure that morning of thirty or forty lodges of Little Robe's band of Cheyennes. | On Sunday I wrote you quite a long letter about my trip up the Washita with Jones, and of the necessity of my going East, the first of May. Monday morning I sent a note by Pratt to be mailed at Fort Arbuckle today, in which I reported the sudden departure that morning of thirty or forty lodges of Little Robe's band of Cheyennes. The party was headed by "Red Moon". | ||
While I was writing to you Major Kidd, who has been "spoiling for a fight" ever since he came to this District, concluded to pursue and punish the run-a-ways at any rate, upon his own account, and | |||
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Camp Witchita, Indian Territory. Wednesday, April 21 1869.
Dear General,
On Sunday I wrote you quite a long letter about my trip up the Washita with Jones, and of the necessity of my going East, the first of May. Monday morning I sent a note by Pratt to be mailed at Fort Arbuckle today, in which I reported the sudden departure that morning of thirty or forty lodges of Little Robe's band of Cheyennes. The party was headed by "Red Moon". While I was writing to you Major Kidd, who has been "spoiling for a fight" ever since he came to this District, concluded to pursue and punish the run-a-ways at any rate, upon his own account, and