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167 asked to come in before the tribes had effected anything. But he waits until every attempt of the Indians had failed, before he left them to come in to surrender. It is not understood that Satanta himself complains that he is unjustly dealt with, neither does his tribe make such complaint. This attempt to keep him out of the penitentiary is believed to originate with the same parties and in the same spirit that prompted the efforts made to the Governor of Texas to commute his original sentence of death to confinement in the Penitentiary for life and to which he modestly [strike] unfortunately yielded.

                                                            (Sgd) C. C. Augur
                                                                      Brig. General
                                                                      Commd'g.

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