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very much. I do not now expect to get back to Fort Gibson before the 15th or 20th of July. I think Captain Alvord has written a continued daily letter to Mrs. Alvord from which you may learn more of the particulars of our march to the West than I have the time at present to communicate. I have ridden more miles daily than any other person in the Command and have been almost constantly in the saddle since leaving Arbuckle. I think I can see the Country with my own eyes better than any one can see it for me and am determined to