Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. II

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1844-1845

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can walk in it, in peace. I want this path Kept white forever. If the Red people will keep it so, I know the whites will, for in council they have promised things and they have complied with it. If the path is kept white, it will be good for all. When we have peace, all is right, and I feel glad, but when war is in the path we have to run away in the woods. Now that we have peace, our women and children can feel safe, eat and sleep in peace and there is no danger felt. If bad men try to break t.he Treaty, by stealing horses, they must be punished-there are bad red men and bad white men-they must be punished. I have no more to say-I have spoken the truth, and I hope all the others have done so. The people here in Council are not chil- dren, they are men. They know what they have promised- let them do as they say. If they were children we would not expect them to remember it, but forget it." The Council was then adjourned. Tuesday Septr 23d 1845. The Corns were informed this morning, that the presents in- tended for the Indians had arrived at the Trading House on Monday at 7 o clock P M, and they adjourned to that place. Torreys Trading House. Post No 2 Septr 23d 1845. The Corns met here for the purpose of opening assorting and distributing the presents, and at 5 0 clock, the Comanche In- dians received theirs, and divided them. Septr 24th 1845. This morning the Corns distributed presents to the Comanche Chiefs, and after expressing great satisfaction at t~e kind treat- ment they received, they left for their homes. The Caddo, Cherokee, Ioni, Anadarko, and Delaware then received their goods, and divided them among themselves, when their several Chiefs received their presents, and after re-assuring the Corns of their friendship, left for their homes, peacably and quietly. Thursday Septr 25 1845. To day the Commissioners were employed in distributing pres- ents to the Lipan and Tonkawa, and they, together with Major R S Neighbors, the agent of those tribes, left in peace and quiet, at 4 0 clock pm.

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