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Medicine Bluff I.T. Jan'y. 26th 1869 11½ P.M.

My Dear Alice,

             Yours of the 28th ult. rec'd some days ago - and note enclosed upon a letter addressed to John from a Mr Young - received from John of same date.

              The Indian business is about Status Quo - or a little more so -  The Chyens & Arrappahoes were within thirty miles of this point coming in - and have got up another scare in their camp by some means or other or are reported at last accounts skedaddling South West again.  It is still believed however that they will come in - but the matter looks undecided and the time