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nearly all marching on foot driving their animals, avoiding their usual trails, passing over and skirting the roughest broken country.

    From the 28th of July when they first crossed the river into Texas, until the 12th of August when Victorio with the last of his entire force was the second time driven back into Telexico, the loss of the Indians in the fights at Tinaja De Deos Palmes and at Rattlesnake canon and in the several skirmishes were certainly not less than thirty killed and wounded, and very probably over forty, as the remains of several Indians lately killed and fresh Indian graves have been found in the vicinity of the