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for the first time since leaving Fort Arbuckle.

I hope you are by this time comfortably fixed in the new Quarters and that you and the children are and have been well since I left. Notwithstanding I am enjoying this trip very much. I can truly assure you that I wish to see you and the Children and will be very happy to get Home. I have hardly thought about a newspaper since leaving Fort Arbuckle. I may loose [sic] my disire [sic] to read papers entirely. You must be prepared to give me all the news upon my return as I will never be able to catch up by reading the