White River Agency, Colorado.
June 12, 1879
Sir: As the three wagons you have purchased by my request for Indians will I understand, soon be here, I ask your authority to retain them for agency use and give the Indians instead those we are using. First being 3½ inch, they are altogether [too] heavy for the Indian’s horses, and, besides, are wide track, while the ones we use are well suited, since they will never…