To Charles H. Clark
6 March 1880 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, correspondence card: CtHMTH, UCCL 08597)

Saturday.

Dear Clark—

I ain’t ‸haven’t‸ ever killed any Indians, & Dan hasn’t, either. Between you & me, I think this is a peculiarly ‸an entirely‸ visionary thing, gotten up by the Indians themselves, to try to injure Dan & me. They are none too good for such tricks. Years ago, I was accused of loading an Indian up with beans lubricated with nitro-glycerine & sending him in an ox wagon over a stumpy road. This was impossible, on its face, for no one would risk oxen in that way. But it shows how far malice will deflect an aborigine from the eq equator of truth.

Yrs.

S L C.

C. H. Clark, Esq | “Courant” office, | City [postmarked:] hartford conn. mar 6 pm