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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
THOMAS B. BELL TO AUSTIN
Cedar Lake October the 3th 1825 SIRE having understood you wished to have the opinion of the people we give it as our opinion it is requisit to treat with them for these are the same Indians [Karankaway] that Captain Jones fired on and they have never solicited peace until now they say they are tired of war and the conduct of·them induces us to believe they are in earnest for they have encamped in our stock range and have dis- turbed nothing to our knowledge-also the upper settlement not having it in their power to aid us and we not being able to protect our selves we think it is proper to treat with them these are the conditions that we wish you to treat on to secure hostages to not permit over three to cum to geather to one house- it is our wish you should cum and treat with them as well as thees- Thomas B Bell David Ness Nancy "\Villiams Caleb R Bostwick Danil Decrow Thomas T Williams Gorge Harrison [Addressed:] Col Stephin F. Austin Bay Perrary
JOHN G. PunNELL TO RrcHARD FIELDS
Saltillo October 4th. 1825
To Captain R1cHARD FIELDS
Commander of the Cherokees in Texas MY ESTEEMED FRIEND vVhen last I saw you in my house in :Mon- terrey I little thought in so short a time you would have commenced a war against your American brothers and the Mexican Nation more particularly A man like yourself who is acquainted with the ad- vantages of civilization and who joined us in our late war as a brother against the Brittish nation nothing like personal motives should ever induce you to commit an act which will ultimately injure you in the estimation of your American brothers much less lead your nation into a war which will render them unhappy: dreadful may be the con- sequences if you continue in such mistaken measUJ:"es as a friend I advise you to look for peace as the surest means of making the nation happy who have confided in you by electing you their chief. we all wish to Jive with you like brothers you know we have never de- ceived you it is not by maddening war that we are to progress in
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