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Hd. Qs. Eastern Sub District Nebraska Unclear -- Dec. 9th 1864 Captain The troops furnished you for the expedition against the camp of Cheyennes south of your? post will reach Plum Creek early enough tomorrow to enable them to obtain ample rest by say one o'clock A.M. of the 11th unclear when if possible? you should move towards the encampment so as to reach it early in the morning -- this I suggest only -- as a measure calculated to bring you upon them when they are unprepared and at such an hour as will enable you to destroy them before darkness sets in. Indians seldome have more than forty or fifty arrows? each 0-- consqeuently an engagement with long range arms of half an hour unclear would exhaust that supply which would be a favorable time for chargning them or using the unclear instruct your men to use the? unclear instead of the unclear charge, first with the pistol and give them the sabre when you reach them. I am of the opinion from Capt unclear report that the women and children of these indians were? along and camped in the Republican? west? of where you struck it Perhaps learning this fact you may find the camp -- which