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Fort Richardson Texas July 31st My dear General

My command in part moved today a unclear unclear tomorrow and whole will unclear the Red River should no accident happen on the 9th and at Radziminiski about three days later.  The importance of your covering my movement is very great.  It appears to me to make little difference whether you move from Radziminiski to the [Wichita?] or [?] the North Fork.  But it is important that you [?] the Command in that Country that it may be well understood that it is the Kiowas and the [band?] of Comanches who are with them that we are after and not Indians generally.

  I suppose that your troops have