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Salt Fort and returned South of Red River, as Contemplated, I think he would have had a better chance to get [strike] intercept parties of Indians moving south, or to get upon their trail. I have not learned what caused him to change his route. It may have been on account of the difficulty of obtaining good water. I understand that he has crossed Otter Ck. and encmaped about five miles