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or two.

Maria Brown, daughter of Daniel Travick, confirms all that has stated above by James Travick. having been an eye witness.

The occasion of this barbarity was the fact that W.H. Travick had been shot in the arm by one of the freedmen but the provocation for the shooting was that Travick had been caught in the act of forcibly violating the wives of these freedmen.

Very Resptfully
Your obt Servt
Sam L. Gardner
Sub Asst Comm'r