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Camp Witchita IG Apl 7th 1869 Dear Alice. Your letter of the 21st Mch received. enclosing letter from Charlie. If I had not received letter of later date from you I would rather be expecting you to come with Maj Woodward. Col Rockwell arrived here Monday evening - and talks of returning Friday or Saturday. I thought when I wrote you by the last mail. that I might arrange matters so as to go back to Gibson at the same time he does - but I fear that I cannot do so. The Indians are becoming more discontented every day. They have never been properly supplied with provisions and now as the Spring opens and grass coming up they are getting less provision that ever - in fact nothing but the