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page number 47 Aug - The Col. & other officers rode out today but have not yet decided on the site for a fort. Brannan (the guide) came up from Fort Phil Kearney in search of some deserters from that post. He reports 256 wagons on the way and will be here about Thursday. Some of the small trains composing it were attacked between Laramie & Powder River and 22 men were killed. 12. Continue to cut hay. Marched about four miles and the Colonel having chosen a site for a fort, go into camp. I think the selection is very good. We are a few hundred yds from the ferry and one mile from a creek of pure water. There is considerable pine up in the mountains, withing from