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they "were camped by the burying-ground for convenience- 

 sake. Thus the risk was needlessly run of introducing 

 cholera into the inhabited district of !N"ew Mexico. Our parties 

 left, however, before this regiment arrived, and we therefore 

 escaped the serious risk of infection. Gradually, the epidemic 

 was stayed by the careful management of the sui'gcon in 

 charge, and did not extend farther west than Fort Lyon ; but 

 it was very severely felt all through Kansas, and at several 

 points along the Santa Fe trail. 



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