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No. 330 LETTER FROM J. C. NEILL, THOMAS I. SMITH, AND E. MOREHOUSE TO ANSON JONES
Torreys Trading House, Post No 2, September 27th 1845
To His Excy, Anson Jones,
President, etc etc Sir,
We have the honor to report for your consideration, the result of our mission as commissioners, appointed for the purpose of holding a council with the several tribes of Indians on the frontier. On the 12th Inst we met the Comanche Indians under Mo-pe-chu-co-pe, and encamped with them at. the Council Ground near the Brazos River, and within four miles of this Post. In a day or two representatives from the Anadarko, Cad- do, Cherokee, Delaware, Ioni, Lipan and Tonkawa, arrived at the Council Ground, and on Friday the 19th inst. we held a gen- eral Council. On Sunday the 21st, another Council was held, when the Chiefs of the Different tribes; manifested the warmest friendship for the whites, and assured us of their disposition to continue so, and also to use their influence in subduing such others as continued hostile. The Comanche in particular prom- ised us, that should any stolen property be brought within their limits by the Waco or other wild Indians, that they would take possession of the same, and bring it in to the Trading Houses. It was no doubt expected by your Excy, that Powauca, one of the Comanche Chiefs, would have attended the Council with his band, but we regret to inform you that through some misun- derstanding on the part of some of the agents, he was not in at- tendance; but we have assurances from Mo-pe-chu-co-pe, the Comanche Chief in Council, and from other Sources, that with- in a few weeks, Powauca, will bring his warriors into Council and enter into the Treaty already made with a portion of his tribe, Your Excy will readily perceive the great benefits that would result to the Nation, Should this be consummated, on
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