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No. 1641 [183-?, :M. B. LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS]. INFORMATION DERIVED FROM HAYDEN EDW.ARDS 35 Information derived from Col. Heyden 80 Edwards The Cherokees rn Texas. About the year 1820 or '21, Fields and Bowles, two noted cherokee chiefs in .Arkansas, having committed some offenses, (Field that of murder) had to leave their country; they came to Texas followed by about 50 partizans. In 1822 Fields, Bowles and others, arnountig in all to a deputation of 8 or nine, went to Mexico for the purpose of obtainin/! a grant of land in Texas for thier Tribe; they were favorably received by Iterbede, 37 who ordered their expenses to be paid out of the public funds, yet he gave them no encouragement to hope for attainmnt of their wishes; When Iterbede 37 fell, they had to support themselves & was in a fair way to suffer but for the assistance of Heyden Edwards who paid their expenses out of-his own funds. When the new Govt. came into operation, it cut all negociation with the Indian Delegation, and told them to depart, or that if they remained it must be on thP.ir funds; it was with difficulty that Edwards succeded in getting Govt. to refund the amt. which he had expended individually for them. The object of the Indians was to get permission to settle in the Eastern part of Texas without becoming Citizens; they wished to remain as an inde- pendent people subject only to their own laws. 'ro this the Govt. ob- jected which 88 was willing that they srh]ould come into the country as emigrants and become citizens subject to the laws[,] and 39 Roman Catho- lics. These terms being unsatisfactory; Bowles[,] Field and all left l\fexico without accomplishig anything. Col. Heyden Edwards was in l\fexico in 1822 (March) endeavorig to obtain a grant to colonize Texas. There were several persons there on the same business; there was genl.. Wilkinson, Woodbury, Douglm,s & Leftwicht. 4 ° Col. Austin was also there, trying to get a renewal of his father's grant; Austin succeded after many difficulties, having bor- rowed 5 or 6 hundred dollars of Edwards. All the others also got out of money and wearied with the delays, left without gainig their object, except Heyden Edwards who, remained in the city still prosecuting his purpose; he kept Leftwitcht with him who was agent for the Nashville company. Edwards surceded in o-ettin" 1)€rmission to colonize 8 hun- dred families in the Eastern pa.rt of Texas in what is now known as ..A. Df. 80 Hayden. The name is spelled "Heyden" throughout the document. 87 lturbide. "'The sentence is incoherent. The meaning would be plainer if the word ."but" were substituted for "which." "'Here again the meaning of the sentence would be clearer if the word "as" were inserted after "and." ' 0 Lcftwich.
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