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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.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Personal) Department of the Interior [underline in red]

                                                                    Washington, D. C.   Nov. 19, 1874.

My dear General,

                           I have your Esteemed favor of the 14th inst., and have conferred with the President, the Secretary of War and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs on the subject therein referred to.
     There will be no objections to the mode of punishment which you suggest for the ringleaders, and no modification of it, unless it shall be to omit sending away members of the family of any that are convicted.  The Commr. of Indian Affairs is at present, inclined to think that it will not be best to send any members of the family, but that the punishment will be severer by a necessary separation, than it would if the families went with the offenders, besides the additional Expense which would necessarily be incurred.  However this question will remain open.  Thanking you again for your news and your cooperation, I am   Very truly Yours
                                         (Sgd) C. Delano [underline in red]

General P. H. Sheridan Chicago, Ills. Official (Sgd.) R. C. Drum

                   A. A. G.

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