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Show 43D CONGRESS, ) HOUSE OF EEPEES^ JTIATIVES. ( Ex. Doc. 1** Session. J ..•'"" \ No. 193. EECONNAISSANCE IN THE UTE COUNTRY. LETTER -; y FROM THE SECRE TARY OF I A R; TRANSMITTING A report and map of a reconnaissance in the Ute country, made in 1873 by Lieutenant E. H. Rnffner, of the Corps of . Engineers. MARCH 19, 1874.- Referred to the Coriiniitfee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, March 17,1874. The Secretary of War has the honor to transmit to the House of Eepresentatives, in compliance with House resolution of the 6th instant, a copy of a report and map of a reconnaissance in the Ute country, made in 1873 by Lieut. E. H. Euffner, of the Corps of Engineers. WM. W. BELKNAP, Secretary of War. OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, Washington, B. ft, March 16, 1874. SIR: In compliance with the reference to this office of a resolution of the House of Eepresentatives of March 6,1874,1 Tiave the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a report and of accompanying map of the reconuaissance in the Ute country, made during the season of 1873 by Lieut. E. H. Euffner, Corps of Engineers, chief engineer of the Department of the Missouri, under the orders of Brig. Gen. John Pope, commanding that department. The map has been drawn upon stone, and, should Congress order its publication, transfers can readily be prepared and furnished the Congressional Printer. By command of Brigadier- General Humphreys, and in his absence. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, J. G. FOSTEE, Lieutenant- Colonel Engineers and Brevet Major General U. S. A. Hon. WM. W. BELKNAP, Secretary of War. |
