HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS,
                                        Fort Leavenworth, July 16, 1864.
Col. J. M. CHIVINGTON,

        Commanding District of Colorado, Denver, Colo.:
    COLONEL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 5th instant, inclosing copy of report of Maj. E. W. Wynkoop, commanding officer Fort Lyon, dated June 27, 1864.* The major-general commanding directs me to say that the scout must have extended far beyond department lines, and is therefore disapproved. The troops were needed at Larned, where the Indians were in actual hostile attitude. Commanders of other departments should be advised of any apprehended dangers in their department, and, if necessary, requested to attend to the matter.
    I have the honor to be, colonel, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
                                                           C. S. CHARLOT,
                                                 Assistant Adjutant-General.
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Source:

United States. War Dept., United States. Record and Pension Office., United States. War Records Office., et al., "Price's Missouri Expedition," The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Published Under the Direction of The Honorable Daniel S. Lamont, 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 XLI-In Four Parts. Part II-Correspondence, Etc. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1893. p. 218.