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to clean that entire country. A summer camp will also be kept up at or near Mackinzie's supply camp. These operations together with the new Post at McClellan's creek it is believed will force all absent Indians to return to their agencies or flee into Mexico, and also effectively control those now in. I hope to meet General Feuro? in February and if he will operate on his side in concert with the column up the Pecos, we can soon clear that frontier. If such concert cannot be arranged the dissatisfied Indians will all eventually find refuge in Mexico, and another pursuit of them into that country will, I fear be necessary to awaken the Mexican government to the necessity of taking action in the case. What I hear of General Fuero is highly favorable and induces a belief that a satisfactory concert of action can be arranged with him. The one great difficulty, I fear, is that the people of Mexico on the frontier are reported as favorable to the residence of the Indians among them, as they find arising therefrom a profitable traffic in the blunder brought in by these Indians from their raids into our country. I hope, however, I will be found that General Fuero has the disposition and the force to overcome this difficulty. Our means of transportation is of course very much used up from its constant work on half forage since last July, and Contractor's transportation will be used for the movement of the regimental and company property of the troops moved, in order to give our animals a chance to recuperate for the approaching summer's work with the troops. I am General, very repectfully,

   Your obedient servant,

(sgd) C.C.Augur

  Brig. Genl. U.S.A. Commdg