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to his people the latter had "gone back on him", and had not told him of their intention of moving, that when he wakened that morning the lodges were already out of sight.

    All the Indians present claimed that hunger compelled the Cheyennes to go, and that they had only gone West far enough to find the Buffalo, probably to Elk Creek where it is understood the rest of the Arapahoes are camped.     All the chiefs too, claimed that what Gen'l. Hazen issued to them on Saturday was wholly consumed before Sunday night and they invited us to their camps to see if we could