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[1869 in different ink noted at top of letter]

                         Jany. 8th 9.P.M.
                         In Camp on Wild Horse Creek

Dear A.

           We are now encamped I think about 15 miles from Arbuckle.  It cleared off about noon today and is now clear and cold & the stars as brightly as I ever saw them - We got along well to-day had some timber and brush to make our way through, and also had a few Small creeks to cross.  I have an Escort of Six men - one of the men caught a pony for me which I discovered grazing alone at Some distance from the Column - It was footsore, or I would not have succeeded in