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Here Captain W.S. Hancock of the Quartermaster's Department came out from the fort with a pair of horses and a buggy to bring us our mail and take back our letters. He was a very fine looking man in the prime of life and of most pleasant and affable manners. He occupied my tent while he remained. I remember that he wore a suit of soft brown velveteen. His visit renewed our pangs? of leaving the States. During our delay Jackson, Hildt, Walker and myself drove down to Topeka to procure some additional vegetables. There were, according to my recollection but thirteen houses in the place although streets were staked off and named.