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Feb 15, 1872

Sill I. T. Post Office Wagon roads and distance of Post from nearest town or Settlement established at Post abi weekly mail is received the Nearest Settlement Station Arbuckle and Smith Pauls valley are about 75 miles to Fort Harker Ks via the Wichita Cheyenne agencies and

material capacity and present condition) [words off page] houses &c of Stone built for 6 Companies now occupied by nine (words off page] quarters of stone (besides the Commanding Officers completed Guard [words off page] ance storehouse of stone completed the Commissary storehouse is [words off page] is in course of construction The stonework of 2 additional storehouse [words off page] completed Q. M. Correls of stone Completed Corrals for Cavalry horses nearly completed [words off page] capacity 3000 rations With 2 ovens The present condition of the

[words off page] shed distance and by what route Water & wood how furnished many month subsistance [words off page] Louis Mo distance to Ft Leavenworth 486 miles to St Louis 739 miles Route [words off page] called Ft Davis thence by contract trains to the Post Water furnished by Water Wagons [words off page] vicinity of the Post at the base of the Wichita Mountains About 4 [words off page] is estimated from [words off page] and disposition) [words off page] the Post they number as follows: Kiowas 1200, Comanches 1.609, Apaches 400 and [words off page] Indians who although assigned to this agency do not come in for annuities [words off page] member the general disposition of all the Indians is at present good The Kiowas [words off page] Comanches and Apaches

                                                                         Col 10 U S Cavalry Commanding Post