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- wished for my escort wagons - so nearly played out that I decided that it was vest to exchange them for two of Capt. Keye's pack mules. The front axle fo the escort wagon was badly sprung and I came near leaving the escort wagon at the spring and taking one of Keye's Wagons instead - but as he had use for his wagon I concluded to rick going on with my outfit as it was. I loaded all my forage unclear of the unclear articles in the spring wagons in which I rode to lighten the load for the other wagons - I wrote you a note from China Fords. When Capt Keyes and this escort. and myself and mine parted company on the morning of thirteenth. I passed through Castle Bap about unclear that