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the grass is just starting and our poor horses & mules suffer for food, while it is almost impossible to keep the cattle herd from wandering. The spring has really scarcely opened here - the buds barely having started & even the strawberries not being yet in bloom - The Indians lied to Custer when they told him that the grass was good here in March - & his supposition that there was but little snow is also erroneous. The ground is yet wet from the unclear snow & a deep bed of it was today found on the side of the great canon of Spaulding Ck - Temperature of spring water 41 degrees far. Wood & water excellent - and grass