Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. II

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1844-1845

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To services rendered as Clerk in Office from 1st to 10th Nov. 1845. $10.00 Recd Washington Nov 10th 1845 of Major T. G. Western. Supt Indian Affairr. the above Amt in full. JNO T. BLAKE [Endorsed] No 1. John T. Blake $10.00 No. 367 MINUTES OF A COUNCIL WITH THE WACO, TAWAKONI, KEECHI, AND WICHITA INDIANS [November 13, 1845] Minutes of/ /Proceedings of a council held at Post No 2 on the 13th day of November 1845-By the Commissioners G W Ter- rell and T I Smith and T G Western Supt of Indian Affairs- and the Representatives of the following tribes of Indians to wit- Acaquash Chief of the Waco, Kechi-ka-ro-qua d[itt]o Ta- wakoni, Saatzarook do Keechi, Saatzarwaritz do Wichita. Present as interpreters L. H. Williams agent, and the Delaware Jim Shaw and Jack Harry. Speech of Genl. Terrell to the Indians- Brothers listen ! It is now more than three years since the white man met on this creek to make peace with the Red man-when we first met, the path between the white and the Red man was full of brush-it was also Red with the blood both of the White and the Red man-since that time we have removed all the brush and blood, and made the path white be- tween us, it used to be the case that when the white and the Red man met on the prarie, they used always to try and take each others scalps. but now when the white and the Red man meet, they set down and eat Bread and Buffalo meat like brothers. We hope on the part of the white people, that this state of things will always remain. We have been taught to believe by the Great Father above that the white man and the Red man are all the same people, the same Gt. Spt. has also taught us, that it is best for brothers to live together in peace-for this reason the white

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