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in a few days to the Red Cloud agency - with mail - Fred has been rather under the weather today - caught cold, dabbling in creek yesterday. Miner came down this pm to buy rations - sent in 16 days ago for supplies & has been living on venison without bread or such for that time - We gave him a meal but could furnish no supplies - It is a very hard thing if the greed & rascaility of the Indian unclear shall succeed in preventing the miners