TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1844-1845
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Examined and found correct T G Western Supt. Ind. Affs.
Messrs Torrey and Brother, will please pay the above amount to Jack Harry and charge to Indian appropriation the amount of four dollars. Sam Houston I hereby assign the within to Torrey & Co or order-- Attest his S. Z. Hoyle Jack X Harry mark $4- Approved for Two Dollars to be paid out of appropriation for the payment of outstand liabilities of the Govt. for Indians purposes. Feby. lst/45 ANSON JONES (Endorsed] Jack Harry $2 No. 12 No. 153 LEITER FROM THOMAS G. WESTERN TO MRS. SIMPSON Indian Bureau Washington Feby. 4th 1845 Mrs. Simpson Austin Madam I have the pleasure to restore to the bosom of his Mother, your son Thomas, and for that pur- pose have placed him in charge of Col. Thos. W. Ward, a gentle- man who will pay to him the necessary attention on the route and Convey him in Safety to your arms. In the prompt deliverance of this child from the hands of the Savage you will perce·ive the bene- ficial effects of the Peace Policy of this Goverment and are evidence of the prompt and efficient executions of the Govt. officers charged with our Indian relations, on the fourth day after his abduction information was recd. at this office of the fact - expresses were immediately dispatched to the agents
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