HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF COLORADO,
                                               Denver, Colo., Ter., May 29, 1864.
Major E. W. WYNKOOP,
              Fort Lyon, Colo., Ter.:
    MAJOR: You had better send a company or two to Wilson's camp, whenever re-enforcements are in reach of you, and instruct the officer in command not to be surprised; also instruct him to break up

whisky selling to Indians, and to do this last if he has to break the neck of the offender. A train of supplies ordnance, &c., left yesterday for your post.
        I am, sir, with much respect, your obedient servant,
                                                        J. M. CHIVINGTON,
                         Colonel First Cavalry of Colorado, 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. pp. 115-116.