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of their arrival delayed.

  I start in the morning for Arbuckle again - over the new route - and expect to reach that point in five or six days - and if nothing occurs to prevent it - and I should not be called back to this point - I will endeavor to make my way to Ft Gibson although I fear I will be detained upon the route between Arbuckle and that point - as the Streams are still up - and the Arkansas reported higher than it has been for 3 years.  There is an accumulation of official matters - District and Reg'tl which requires my attention and a family en route or soon to be that I am very desirous of seeing and becoming better acquainted with - Perhaps you can imagine