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Government may impose upon them. In carrying out your plans, you need pay no regard to Department or Reservation lines. You are at liberty to follow the Indians wherever they go - even to the agencies. In this latter event great care must be exercised, not to involve such friendly lands as have already gone to the agencies and have received protection. Should it happen, in the course of the Campaign that the Indians return to the agency at Sill; you will follow them there and assuming command of all troops at that point and will take each measures as will unclear entire control of the Indians there, until such time as you can grant the conficition of Affairs to Weht?. Headquarters; while the Indian agent is to be consulted and to be treated with great respect, he will not be permitted to interfere in any way with the hostile lands, until the orders of the Government for the disposition of the Indians are received. Lt. Col. Vavideon in Gary., with eight companies of the Regiment and two of infantry will operate against the same Indians from a Camp established on Otter Creek. The distance of this command from the theatre of your operations and the difficulties of your communications with him, make it necessary, that he operates independently. If however it should occur at any time that you can make his Column more effective by acting in concert with you in carrying out a particular plan, he will be instructed to comply with your wishes in this regard. Your own familiarity with Indians and Indian warfare renders it unnecessary to give you any instructions in detail. I hope however, as I do not doubt, you will impress upon your subordinates, when acting away from you, that in a hostile Indian country there is never a moment when it is safe to relax in vigilance, and precautions against surprises. A Commander against hostile Indians is never in such imminent danger, as when fully satisfied that no Indians can possibly be near him. (Lgd) C. C. Augur Brig. General unclear

Ha Ors. W. J., Fort Griffin, J., Aug 28. '74. Wood, W.H. Col unclear Richardson; Fort, 6. 0. Dear Colonel Wood, I arrived here yesterday and leave for Fort Sill tomorrow morning. I expect to leave sill on the 4th unclear, and to be at Whalley;s Ranche on the 5th Sept.. Will you be good enough to send your Company of Cavalry to meet me at Whalley's Ranche on the 5th Sept. I will bring an escort from Sill as far as that point and then send it back. It is possible I may not reach Whalley's as soon as the 5th, but if not the escort can wait for me there. I wish you to send to this Post every mule and wagon you can spare from your post; we are short of transportation here, and you must submit to be cut down, so you