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some cases of destitution, which I relieved. I called on the officers in charge of the Parishes of Concordia and Tensas, and found them provided with the means of relieving all deserving cases. Having delivered all the cases which I could find, and procured all the information in my power, I returned to this place; arriving at 6 P.M on the 18th inst.

At Greenville, Miss. I left 500 bushels of corn, and 4,000 lbs of meat with Major Ryan, which he thinks will be fully adequate to supply all within his District. 

Owing to the peculiar surface of the country adjacent to the river, I found it impossible to gain much information

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