TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1844-1845
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more. I intend to make Acaquash the Chief of that nation, be- cause he is a good man and walks straight, and puts aside his men when they do bad. I do this because he remembers his Trea- ties and walks straight, if the other chief will learn to do this and walk straight, I will then hear his words. a few bad men can do much mischief. I know where the Ioni, the Keechi, the Caddo, the Anadarko, and other indians make their corn, and my young men can go there, and eat with them and all be happy, but if bad men will steal horses from my people, they will do much mischief, and bring evil upon these, my good red brothers. These bad men must be put down so that your people can make their corn in peace. To those people that make corn I want to give hoes and axes to make their corn with for their women and children, and not to have them, by the conduct of bad warriors, to be scared, and cause them to leave their homes and be running to the woods for shelter. I want the Lipan and all the other in- dians to become friendly, as brothers, and to bury the toma- hawk. I want them to put it under their feet. The Comanche and Lipan have made peace, and I want them to keep it fast. I want the chiefs who have made peace with them to keep it in confidence. I have sent two Lipans, runners, to their tribe, for them to come in to this council, with their prisoners, if they do not get here in time to give them up I will see when they do come in that they are then given up. We are now here mak- ing a great peace to last forever, and we wish the Great Spirit to hear what we say. We have six prisoners, and when the chiefs go home, they shall take one with them: the rest shall be left at the Trading House, and when our people are brought in, we will then give them up. We want no ransom. When we make peace we do it for our nation. We are people from the Red River to the Rio Grande, and I want my red brothers to know, for them to keep at peace. I live below here; if harm is done to my people this side of the Rio Grande or Red River it wounds my heart, and if my people injure the red people it wounds my heart also, and I shall punish them. When my Comanche brethren and the Comanche all are .satisfied they are not to be deceived and killed, they shall be invited down to Gal- veston to see the ships and the big guns and the wide waters where the ships go out from the sight of land. Say to the Chiefs that it has rained much below and on account of the high waters we have not many presents. We have some here now, at another time we will give them many more.
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