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other circumstances? such as before hurried me away. Mrs Brundt and myself spent a pleasant week in N York as the guests of our friends Mr Mrs Dodge. While there wed? received a letter from Mrs Grierson and it gave us all much pleasure to hear from her. I hear from the papers that Satanta has been killing some cattle, and judge from the way in which the affair is put before the public that somebody is anxious to get up a war for the purpose of exterminating the old chap. In doing so they would unclear at the cost of some millions of dollars be enabled to telegraph several "great Indian fights" in which an indefinite number of women and children were killed. I sincerely hope another Indian war may be avoided. General Sherman told me when in Washington, that an effort was being made to procure the abandonment of Fort Sill and the Reservation on the ground that it was a harbor and rallying center from which the Indians made their raids upon Texas unclear. I told him I did not believe the allegations, but even if true, there was the greater necessity for continuing the present arrangement until the Indian would? be so settled and controlled upon the reservation as to prevent them from raiding in Texas or anywhere else. If well matured places were to be abandoned upon the first objection nothing could be effectively accomplished there or anywhere else. I hope Mrs Grierson and the family are well. Mrs Brundt joins with me in kindest regards to her and yourself and unclear and other we had the pleasure to meet. Very truly yours Felix R Brundt