4 pages, bifolium (505 x 330 mm). Disbound as issued. (Separated along fold, some browning and marginal chipping.) Provenance: Fisher's (San Francisco newspaper vendor rubber stamp).

Contains an update about the Sioux War. 

The letter, on p. 2, shares updates from the commanding officer at the Red Cloud agency, who reports to general Sheridan that affairs at the agency are very uncertain "owing to the news of Custer's defeat and a failure to supply the Indians with provisions." Also with content about the Erie Railroad, and a review of Rutherford B. Hayes's run for the Presidency.