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Fort Sumner N.M. March 2nd 1866,

[illegible] Charles Porter 5th U.S. Infantry Post Adjutant

Sir: I have the honor to report the number of Indians on the Reservation to be 6438

Present at Count 6005 [Present] sick in Hospital 24 [Present sick in] Huts 401 [Present] In confinement 3 Absent cutting wood 5

6438

I am, sir: very respectfully