Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. II

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TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1844-1845

and tied their horses, and watched them. That night the Waco came again to steal and the Lipan shot one of them and broke both his thighs, and in the morning he was sitting where he was shot. Then they took him and cut both his feet off and told him whenever he got well, to come on and take chotice of their horses. They then left him. They have also stolen all the horses from Bintah's son, and he has followed them. My men shall not go below to hunt like the Delaware have done, without permission from the agents as I know that the Delaware d'id steal horses, when they were there, and I do not wish my men to do the same, but be friendly with all whites whom they meet. We are glad, and have been glad ever since the Great White Road has been made, and we wish to continue in it and meet our white bretheren as friends. We are all now in the White Path and hope we shall always keep in the same path. I am determined to stick to what I have said in former council, and am in hopes that our Mothers and Fathers may live to see their young children grow up in peace with their white Bretheren. I come in to see you and give you my talk so that it can be sent to your Chief as I do uot wish to go around like my young men have done but come straight to the white path, and pursue it. Our women and children are naturally scary, but myself and men are not afraid. Brothers my talk is done- No. 122 TALK OF BINTAH AT TEHUACANA CREEK Talk of Bintah Caddo Chief at Tehuacana Creek Council Ground Jany 10th 1845 My Brothers, What Jose Maria has told you is true. I have heard the same things. As for myself and Jose, we have no bad thoughts about this news, and do not believe it to be true, and in my old age I am not disposed to believe these reports. Now we ::;ee when the Pipe of Peace is presented to us we all take it. White and Red and Smoke together "in friendship, but if we believed these reports, and did not wish to be friendly we should not

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