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[in pencil] Alvord part of letter 391 (1869) 391

Wednesday night. [underline]

  The mail did not go today, but starts in the morning.  A scout came in from Arbuckle today and says he passed you on the move from Little Beaver to Wild Horse.    He brought a lot of late papers from Col. Andenreid to Gen'l. Sheridan, St. Louis dailies of Jan'y. 30th to the inclusive.  There seems to be little important news.  Gen'l. Rousse is dead [underline] [d. 1869]       Carl Shurtz has been nominated for Senator in Missouri.     The Senate has not acted upon the Indian question, but its Indian Committee have reported a Constitutional Amendment prohibiting any State from make qualifications