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and proceeded to the Keechi Village at which place we arrived on the 25th and went into council with them on the 26th and 7th during which they stated that,they had stolen no horses since the first Treaty they had made and stated further that Acaquash and his men had been living at their village since the Council in April last and that they had conducted themselves well and had stolen no horses from the Whites. On leaving the Keechi Village we tried to prevail upon Acaquash to accompany us to the Waco Village and assist in recovering the stolen horses, but this he positively refused to do saying that he did not wish to have any thing to do with it. We then proceeded in the direc- tion of the Waco Village and after proceeding some 15 miles came upon the Tawakoni Village and went into Council with Kechikaroqua and remained three days in his camp waiting for animals to be given up, at the end of which time they brought up two Horses and one mule and stated that was all the stolen horses they had in their possession, but I have reason to believe that they lied about it, as I accidently saw some horses in their camp that I knew, but was unable to obtain them, as they had hid them out, when I enquired for them. Kechikaroqua stated to me while in council with him that Eja- hajo a Creek Chief was to start early in the spring with a party of warriors for the Spanish Country to join the Spaniards in waging War against Texar:J, and that White Feather had agreed to join him, and stated further that they wished him (Kechi- karoqua) to join them, and that he had not yet made up his mind whither he would join them or not. We then proceeded to the Waco Village where we arrived on the 1st Nov. and went into council with them at the end of which they gave up four head of Horses, and stated that they had four head more of Horses that belonged to the whites, but that they were then absent on a Buffalo Hunt, but would be back in a few days, When they would send them directly down to the Trading House and deliver them up. As for the balance of the Horses which they had stolen they stated that they had none of them in their possession as a great many of them had been stolen from them .again and the balance had died. Finding that I could effect nothing more in the recovery of Horses I started on my return to the Trading House where I arrived with seven head of animals on the 10" Inst. In the different Councils I held with the Indians they all stated to me that the Comanche Kiowa Arapaho and Cheyenne
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