TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1844-1845
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white brothers I have no more to say to you. I will speak now to my red brothers. All that are here are friendly to me and my people, the Lipan and all of you and north of this farther than I can tell the people are all friendly to us. I speak this to you, my red Brothers, that like my people you may all be friendly; there are thirty nations that I have made peace with. I have no more to say either to my white or red brothers. Talk of Narhashtowey or "lame arm'' the ·waco Chief. "My feelings are like the other chiefs, the big spirit looks down, and our mother earth looks on and hears what I have to say. I have long wished to see your Chief. I have now seen him and my heart is glad, my heart now is big, there is not a drop of blood on it, but it is all white. All the way I have been coming here I have been in the white path and have not seen a drop of blood. I have joined with all of these chiefs to make peace and a white path and I will help to keep it. I am glad at my heart that the white path has been made. I know not how long it is to the end of it. I will hold on to it so long as I have life in me. When I took the first smoke my heart felt glad, and all these chiefs, Lipan and all who hear my talk hear the words of truth. I have no more to say. Talk of Gen' Houston. "I will now speak a few words. I will tell why I made Aca- quash the first Chief of th~ Waco. At the last Treaty, St. Louis gave to the Chief of the Waco, the white path, and he promised to keep it. He did not keep it, but led on others to steal horses from my people, for that reason I have made Acaquash Chief. When he (Narhashtowey) brings in the horses that have been stolen he shall again be white before me and my people. La~t spring he knew that two years ago, a Treaty had been made with Acaquash yet he and his bad men went down and stole horses. He was stopped by Black Cat and others and told that he was doing wrong, yet still he set his bad men on to steal more horses though he knew by so doing he would bring trouble on his women and children. Last spring this Chief said he would steal no more, yet he has done it, and by so doing has caused his women and children to lea,·e their cornfields and run awa~· and now they are hungry because they have no corn. Last spring too, he got no powder and lead because he did not bring back the horses his bad men had taken away and now he cannot be a Chief until the horses are brought back.
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