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point, plenty of wood for fuel can be obtained to last for several years within 15 or 20 miles, viz: from the Sweetwater, Gageby's Creek, the North Fork and Washita.

       No timber suitable for building purposes can be found much nearer than the mouth of Gageby's Creek, and on the Washita below that point.
       Answer No. 8. --   Hay, in considerable amount can be obtained on the Sweetwater, and not of good quality on the other streams.
       Answer No. 9. --   There are bottoms to all these water courses.  The North Fork and Sweetwater have bottoms from 1/2 to 1 mile wide.  Those on the McClellan are smaller.  I saw drift and other evidence of overflow on the latter.  None of these bottoms are covered with timber; all the trees being found close to the banks of the stream, scattering or occurring occasionally in small clumps or groves.
                                            Very respectfully
                                            Your obdt. servant
                                    (Sgd)  L. H. Carpenter
                                               Capt. 10" Cavalry

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                                                 Fort Sill, I. T. Decbr. 11. 1874.

A. Adjut. General, Dep't. of Texas, Sir,

                  I have the honor to submit the following replies to questions contained in your communication on the 9th inst. respectively:

I. McClellan Creek always contains water in large holes and is the most of the year a running stream. The North Fork becomes dry