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that he fears that he (P.) may not have a fair trial at Salt Lake, on account of prjudice against him: and hoped that the court if one be [?] be convened at Omaha.

  General Sibley next asked me to state what I can do quite [?], that during his (P's) stay here of two years before he joined the 13th Infy. he was absolutely abstemious and conducted himself well, in all respects.
  It is not pleasant to me to write you in reference to such matters but sometimes it is difficult to avoid doing so.

I am truly yours, Winfield Hancock

To: Gen C. C. Augur, Omaha: [?Neb?]