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to-ward the Agency & then move on here - Where I found that Gen. Hatch had just arrived. We soon met & gave each other a good hug. We were both glad to see each other. Both he & I have grown Grayer since we met - I unclear showed Gen. Hatch the letter I had received from the Agent & offered to take two Companies of my Command & go back a few miles & drive the Indians all in - but he said that he had had a talk with Agent who claimed that the Indians would come in & Hatch had given him until to-morrow to get them here. When the Indians saw us coming just above the Head of the

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The tops of the white Mountains are constantly covered with snow. This is the most beautiful and much the best part of New Mexico I have yet seen. The best pine unclear in the territory is within the Indian Reservation. Hatch informed me that he has