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  The band of Cheyennes just in will probably go at the same time, although they may be detained a few days on account of the condition of their stock.    There are about four hundred (400) persons in this Cheyenne band.
    On the 7th instant I wrote of the movement of the Arapahoes, of the consequent probability of my being obliged to furnish "Little Raven's" people with some Subsistence Stores.   I presume I shall have to do the same with [strike] for this band of Cheyennes band [strike] under Little Robe and Bald Eagle.
 

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    The Kiowas and Yappariko Comanches the most troublesome of the Indians belonging to this lower reservation, have not been in for their rations for over two weeks, saying that they can procure more food on the plains than they get here.   Meanwhile they have been gradually moving farther away, and are now report as scattered along the Washita above the point where Gen. Sheridan met them on the 17th of December last beyond the limits of their reservation.
    I have placed Captain Alvord, 10th Cavalry, on Special Duty, temporarily, in connection with these Indian matters, and shall tomorrow send him out to the stragglers with an order for them to return at once.

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