Dear Brother: I got
back all safe and well the day before yesterday, having met no trouble
whatever, notwithstanding the many rumors of Indian troubles. These are all
mysterious, and only accountable on the supposition that our people out West
are resolved on trouble for the sake of the profit resulting from military
occupation. I kept the same ambulances, and made the very route I had
prescribed to myself by Garland, Lyon, etc., to Ellsworth, Riley, etc. The
railroad is finished to Riley, so that I came all the way thence in cars.
I see rumors of my
being called to Washington. Of this I know nothing, and if offered I shall
decline. I must keep clear of politics in all its phases, for I must serve any
administration that arises. I am not aware that I have ever on paper expressed
any opinion of this seeming conflict between Congress and the President. I
deplore it as much as you do, and still hope that some solution will be found.
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