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I J. G. Kittredge Jr. do hereby
certify that on the twenty eight day of
October A.D. 1861, I was travelling with
J. P. H. Wentworth Supt. Agent of Indian
Affairs of So. District Cal, on official
business connected with his office, and that
the matter being urgent in order to [illegible]
our engagements with the Indians the
horses were greatly distressed by the ra-
[illegible] with which we were obliged to
drive, and that one of them died in
consequence
J. G. Kittredge Jr Seal

Signed in presence of
J. C. Hutchman
N. S. W. Kaffman

Dated at San Francisco this
15th day of December A.D. 1862