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Ft Laramie a Herald dispatch announcing the first discovery of gold. I told him that he could not have a soldier, & that the only other man was "California Joe" he of whom Custer speaks so highly & who is a worthless vagabond * [inserted: subsequently changed this opinion]]. Davenport said he was afraid to trust him, that he would take his money & then carry in dispatches from other reporters.