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Fort Gibson Ind Ter. January 11. 1873 Dear General_ There is nothing new to tell you about, but I wanted to let you know of a scrap I have got into with with Walsh, so I changed my mind about not writing till the new Council Officer arrived. You remember when you told me to alter the November Returns so as to consolidate them without losing time. Well, Walsh and Davis both reported Parker, so I crossed him off of Walsh's to prevent him from being reported twice. The next day, never hearing that Walsh would drop him in December I wrote him a letter notifying him of the alteration, but supposing that of course he would have service? enough to know that I would not alter his return without any authority I neglected to say that I was directed to do anything about it.