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Sacramento City Oct 19th
1863

Hon. John Conness
Washington City
D. C.

I supposed you
are annoyed with other peoples
Business but I hope where they
have been wronged as much as
I have you may never [illegible] as
that is the separation year, beef
I sold in April 1860 and delivered
were late in July 1862 of one hundred
and fifty two herd of cattle at
($15) fifteen dollars each one lot in
Sept 1862 of one hundred and twenty
seven head at fifteen dollars each
Mr. James Short the Supervisor
of Round Valley Reservation paid
those two lots of cattle on the
Round Valley Reservation and thirty
five head came killed and issued
to the Indians at Nome Lackee
Indian reservation for [illegible]
[illegible] contracted to give me fifteen
dollars each, the Cattle Stations
delivered at Round Valley they