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June 1st 70.

Gen'l Howard

Dear Sir:-

Mine of the 25th and the enclosed letters from Parker contain all that is known here in relation to Supt. Miller and the three theological students.  Parker's letter of the 12th is strictly private.  Nothing definite has yet appeared for which Miller can be blamed.  The young men lacked pluck and possibly money.  They had reached the bounds of civilization, as they supposed in coming to Little Rock, and "all beyond must be barren deserts frozen seas and impassable mountains".  Had I been at home when they came the result might have been different.  When I arrived