HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF COLORADO,
                                         Denver, Colo., Ter., May 29, 1864.
Major C. S. CHARLOT,
        Assistant Adjutant-General, Dept. of Kansas:
    Received no information from Lieutenant Eayre since 1st instant. He was to reach Larned about 25th. Rumored here he had a fight with Cheyennes on Smoky Hill, and badly cut up. Don't credit, but may be true. Have sent detachments from Lyon and Fillmore to see. Scouts returned from Red River; no rebels. Have pickets and scouts out and well posted.
                                                           J. M. CHIVINGTON,
                                                        Colonel, Commanding District.

Source:

United States. War Dept., United States. Record and Pension Office., United States. War Records Office., et al., "Red River Campaign," The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Prepared by the Late Lieutenant Colonel Robert N. Scott, Third U. S. Artillery. Published Under the Direction of The Honorable Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War, By Major George B. Davis, U. S. A., Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley, Board of Publication. Series I-Volume XXXIV-In Four Parts. Part IV-Correspondence, Etc. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1891. p. 115.