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On reaching Washakie, July 19, I wentinto camp on the right bank 

 of the Little Wind River, about a half mile above the post. Capt. J. N. 

 Wheelan, with his company, G, Second Cavalry, and Mr. Thomas Moore, 

 chief packer, Department of the Platte, with three trains of pack mules 

 (which were about five miles distant, grazing in the foot-hills of the 

 Wind Rivet Mountains), I found here awaiting: the General's arrival, 

 and they reported to me for instructions. 



General Sheridan and his party were unexpectedly delayed in start- 

 ing from Chicago, and did not arrive at Fort Washakie until the after- 

 noon of the 5th of August. They had come in spring wagons, with re- 

 lays, from Green River station to Fort Washakie, 147 miles, in a little 

 over two and a half days, not traveling nights. 



The intervening time between the date of my arrival at the post and 

 August 5 was, most of it, profitably occupied in reorganizing our camp 

 outfits to make good pack loads, and in completing packages which had 

 not been properly arranged before starting. I am indebted to Maj. V. 

 K. Hart, Fifth Cavalry, who was in command at Fort Washakie, for 

 much politeness and aid in having done at his post all that I desired. 



The packers of the mule trains were almost all new men, who were 

 not well versed in the difficult art of packing, and Mr. Moore occupied 

 much of the time in drilling them; and I had camp moved twice; once 

 to a little island in the Little Wind River near the post, and a second 

 time to the famous Hot Spring, two and an eighth miles below the post. 

 In each of these moves everything was packed as it was expected to be 

 on the march. In the second move both the cavalry command and the 

 packers' camps moved with me. During most of my stay at Washakie 

 the weather was intensely hot during the day, over 100° on one or two 

 days, but delightfully cool in the early evening and at nights. 



August o, Saturday. — General Sheridan and party arrived in camp at 

 the Hot Spring in the afternoon, coming by the cut-off road, past the 

 agency, and not by the post. 



The party now together is as follows: Lieut. Gen. F. H. Sheridan, 

 U. S. A.; Brig. Gen. D. B. Sackett, U. S. A.; Lieut. Col. M. V. Sheri- 

 dan, U. S. A. ; Lieut. Col. J. F. Gregory, U. S. A. ; Capt. W. P. Clark, 

 U. S. A.; General Anson Stager, Chicago; General W. E. Strong, 

 Chicago; Mr. II. I). Bishop, New York; Mr. John McCullough, and 

 Mr. Charles D. Ehodes, Chicago. Four servants accompany the party. 



The personnel at the cavalry headquarters is as follows : Capt. J. H". 

 Wheelan, Second Cavalry ; Lieutenant Griffith, Second Cavalry ; Surg. 

 W. H. Forwood, XL S. A., and Mr. George Booth, New York. The strength 

 of Captain Wkeelan's command is 55 enlisted men, Company G, Second 

 Cavalry, 1 hospital steward, 1 citizen blacksmith, 1 scout, and 1 servant. 

 Mr. Moore's command consists of three pack trains of 47 mules each, with 

 1 head-packer and 11 packers for each train. 



We have also one huuter, Shoshone Dick, five Shoshone Indian scouts, 



and one squaw. 



