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Fort Gibson ((unclear)) May 6th 1872

My dearest Alice. Your letter enclosing letters from John, Louisa and Maj Dewey received to-day. I have just written to John, Samson, and Charlie and will just ((unclear)) to you alone before crawling into bed on my lovely cot. This is a gloomy kind of a place to be in without you my darling. and the children to kick up a little welcome noise. I think I would be perfectly willing and glad to have them tumbling about this big house. ad libitum and to make as much noise