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TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1844-1845
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No. 20
LETTER FROM WALTER WINN TO SAM HOUSTON
Council Ground, Tehuacana Creek, May 2nd 1844-
To his Excellency Gen'l Sam Houston President of the Republic of Texas Sir
Agreeable to your wishes, made known to me at Houston, that you might have a copy of all the Indian talks, and at the request of the Commissioners, I forward to you the minutes of a small Council held on the evening of the 27th April, together with a statement made by Luis Sanchez to tr.e Commissioners respecting what passed beneath his own observation while among the several Tribes with whom we are now treating. I have the honor to inform you, also, that, by a Keechi, lately arrived, we are told Acaquash, with the Waco, are now on their way in. J. Chisholm arrived, on the evening of the 29th, with a number of the Cherokee. It is supposed there are, in all, at the present time, about 350 Indians upon the Council gl·ound. I have the honor to subscribe myself, Your Ob't Serv't WALTER WINN Secretary to Commissioners [Endorsed] Walter Winn, Sec'y to Indian Commissioners To May 2d, 1844. President. To his Excellency Gen'! Sam Houston President Republic of Texas Per Favor Hon. Geo. W. Hill
No. 21 LETTER FROM DANIEL G. WATSON TO SAM HOUSTON Council Ground, Tehuacana Creek May 4th 1844.-
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