White River Agency, Colorado
August 31, 1879
Sir: I think it my duty to ask you for 10,000 pounds of oats, in addition to the 20,000 pounds now arriving. We are running 6 mules to ploughs, expecting to break 50 acres this fall for sowing oats next spring, and for this we shall need for the seed 3,000 pounds. Besides, I expect to move the sawmill, to fence 200 acres, and there is a good…