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Camp 17 - June 14 Monday - Slept like a top. Broke camp at 6 am -- Struck for Custer's trail again & followed it to the Stockade. The country passed through is most beautiful. Open glades in the midst of timbered hills - widening occasionally into parks. The grass is very luxuriant & the timber grows better as we go south. I was far ahead of the command & constantly looking for a good place for my permanent camp. We struck French's Creek about