Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1847-11-11
1OuIS, TtSpVCUuIIN,
]. S. ATHON. Su'g'n 81 Reg't Ind. Vols.
sA11l1Lo. Mrxroo. January 25lh. 1917.


SALTILLo MEXICO January 25th, lS47.
Mr.. p. C. DUNEISG-Dear Sr-Your favor of the 18th
uliimo is before me, and hasten to acknowledge
the receipt thereof read the whole Of your letter To
all my company: which appeared TO please them very
much to find that YOU had not forgotten them. The
health and spirits much better among the boys than
you whilst You were with us; but at that
tme least from the first OF August 10 the last of Sep
tember the distressing time witnessed IN
all my life You well know my own health is still very
good hope that this NAV reach YOU IN due time, and
find you with all the friends enjoying good health. We
have but little present. informed you of our
trip this place from Malamoras in my last bearing
date the 9Th 9Th Of this instant We have some little
excitement among from the supposon that the Mex
army advancng towards tins place from San Luis
have read your letter Il. NJ Adams and Parker and
the of the Brown boys, aud adveIled TO your
quest them giving i'm writing, which they
consented to. They all spoke in the highest terms Of
your conduct while the Rio Grande, IN relation your
course with the sick men in the Brown company You
may depend that Parker and Adams will d" you that JUS
lice you 50 Justly merit from them, and many others, for
the course YOU took towards them while in their Distress
ed circumstances the Rio Grande- Now for your
quest You ask to send you written statement, what
was your standing in the srmy; and whether you was
kind and good the soldiers my company and in the
Brown company, and whether you did not wall on the
sick faithfully, when they desired you 10 do So To these
statements take pleasure in answering in the ahrna
tive have frequently SAID TO my men that they ought
always love Dunnng Tor his kindness and attention 20
them in their sickness and distress. know aud will al
state that you always ready any hour of the
night to 60 and wait the sick, and that you frequently
did get up and go the dead of night the Sick and
that you were called very oflen and thought You
went some lines when your own health would hardly
justify you You ask 10 state whether | ever knew
of selling potatoes 37a per dozen, and wins
key from "a IS per gallon Now there ever was
potato in The establishment for SALE did not know IT,
there frequently and inquired for potatoes and ne
yer found any for sale; az TO your selling whSkey'
know nothing about it. You ask To stale whether or
you tented with me- aud il you attended much To The
concern. answer that you did tent with me all the time
you with The army, and that during the month OF
August you hardly down at the suffers tent,
and when you did go down, you returned short time,
for you generally went for something for the sick Dur
ing part of the month Of September you was more ire
quenily in the establishment but did you sell but
very little, and often heard the Inqurng FOR Dun
ming trade with and would say that he not as id
rascal a- koat-I w Just say That if potatoes
sold the Rio Grande for 7t cents per DOZEN never
heard OF IT, bought frequently, and meyer paid over IA
cents per Dozen You ask TO what gave for ii
quart Of corn meal and quart of dried fruit can do
So paid l25 cenlsfOr The quart of meal, and the same
Tor the quart OF fruit. You wish me to state bought
it of Kent & Cunning did not, bought from little
trading vessel laying IN the. river; l do not know
that there any of either Of those articles sodby
the firm Of Kent d Dunning have asked William and
J. A. Croker all you requested me to, and they viii
write you fully the subject asoEoard and Alhon
Yours truly, JOHN III. SLUSS.
Dear SRI have been shown your letter of the 18th
/
ing This response to il } and fully with him
every particular that intimate with You all the
time you remained the Rio Grande was often at the
establishment of Kent IL Dunning; aud i you ever sold
whiskey potatoes any price, never knew IT. IL Is
that goods sold high at the suffers Stores and
there three four different establIshmenls-tlIe
Ohio, the Georgia and the belonging to Kent IL
Dunning and that the belonging to the Brown coun-
~ company would buy unless youwee present, be-
they got much better bargains from you than from
any other person who had to SELL and it true, that no
man. whether in the service or out OF IT, was more KIND
and attentive TO the Sick than you were 10 the SICK sol
diers in the Brown county company, both by your per-
sona attention. and by furnishing the money TO procure
such things they could not otherwise get; and can
further state that in the latter part OF September had
to discharge time twelve men from our company
who lad all been sick for three months, more that
they all nearly so destitute OF money, that they
had go aud send to Maiamoras draw some money to
bear their expenses home that you lent money To seve
raj 90 there who Jailed get any, aud doubt much
If you have reeeivedt yet; indeed, know there ~
you have received yet ;-and however much
you may be aduced by Others and slandered your kind
the Brown county while the Rio Grande, WILL
be forgotten while the life blood warns the bosom,
and assert that there is mot officer or private IN the
company who Is not ready and willing at any time to
bear testimony your kindness to them at the time al
uded to- remain yours, as ever,
Z. G.. DUNHING. THOMAS Nj. ADAMS.
Dear SRI take pleasure in stating, that you while on
the Rio Grande, kind and gend 10 the men IN the
the Brown county company that you often told to
instruct boys trade with Kent unless you were
there that you would give them better bargains and
know you did sell them goods cheaper than they could
get them of Kent any other who had goods 10
sell there. As TO your selling whiskey and potatoes
never knew heard of you selling either while you
the Rio Grande. hut often heard yon express
yourself against Kents selling high he did, and that
you had several times requested that board of survey
should be instituted to regulate the prices and also
heard you oirn express desire 10 get entirely out OF the
concern Although differ in politics. truth and JUS
tice demands that should make the statement have
made. p G. PARKER.
Mr.. p. G. DUNNING.
LANDS FOR SALE.