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of this most disorderly mass of material - The more I see of the Black Hills & its travel, the more credit I am disposed to give to Custer for his exploration of last year - I find his map remarkably correct & it is of the greatest use to me. Even with it I find it no easy to matter to go where I want - & to him who had nothing but his compass - the capacity of his wagons for ups and downs to direct him - the finding of any route was a success - I am told he had several guides. They are generally a very worthless & unreliable set of