16
TEXAS STATE LIBRARY
the acres-to which every emigrant is entitled, when settling there. Should the period of granting land be prolonged, I wished then also- that then for the same sum of ten persons-320 aeres may be allowed to me-with the choice of any land not yet disposed of. As it is of the highest advantage-to have a free navigation djrectly from Cologne to Texas I shall make it my sacred duty-to contribute all with my influence in Germany for the welfare of the Commonwealth of Texas. Permit me to beg 0£ Your Excellency-to present these my propo- sitions as soon as possible, and to accept the assurance of my highest respect, with which I have the honour to be.
Your Excellency's
most obedient Servant Valentine Pabstmann N. 102 Vine Street.
IEndorsed]
V Petermann
Pha. 11th July 1839
. No. 1326 1$39' June 10, J. E. ROSS, LIBERTY, rTEXAS], TO M. B. LAMAR, HOUSTON, [TEXASJ 32
Liberty June 10th 1839-
To His Excellency :M:. B.Lamar
Sir
Oolutta Councillor of the Cushatta Tribe of In- dians, came on board of me at Hirams' Landing the 24th about two miles below his Villages and requested me to call and see you as soon as possible. (being detained for freight I thought it expedient to write)- Thus was his Talk- 33 · Tell the Big Captain of your Nation I am a Friend to the White Man and have been so always, but the Indians are mad, five of the Cushatta's are Killed, and the ballance of the Baptist Indians are now seeking safety among the Brush and trying to collect some of their horses & cows in order to retreat to some strong Nation or Town- The White Man accuses the In<liarn; of stealing their Horses for an excuse to murder & Rob the Indians- This is not right and it will if persisted in cause a wound never to be heal'd, I'm now over one hundred years old. I can't take my rifle and Tomahawk and go to War, nor do I want to do so- I am the ·white mans friend, but will not accuse my nation wrong-fully. I have given the White man my Lands- I have given them bread-and the former Big Captain told me that the White man should be my Friends. The white man lies, they are "A. L. S. 83 An A. Df. of Lamar's reply to this "talk," in which he states that he ha3 appointed an Indian agent to act as mediator between the red and white men and in which he urges the Cushattas to refrain from committing acts calculated to arouse the hostility of the whites, is in the Texas archives, "Indian Affairs", under date of July 9, 1839.
Powered by FlippingBook