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council with but little show apparently of getting out of the scrape with safety. The full proceedings of the council you will find in the report with the exception of Mopechucope ask- ing the young warriors each and singly if they were for peace. Some of them replied that it was a matter of very little conse- quence whether they were or not as they should abide by the advice of the old men. The Comanche said that we might ex- pect Paahuko [Pah-hah yuco] in soon when they could not in- form us, and I assure you that ·if the Govt does not send some presents for him or a body of men for our protection there will be difficulty. The last time P. was in he said that the white chief lied, and had it not been for the counsel of some of the old men there would then have been a disturbance Jack Harry lost mule at the Aquilla from whence it returned here followed by Jack Mr Richardson refused to proceed farther than the A. untill he had killed some meat The party having seen no indians since they left the trading house. Jack returned this morning with instructions to go to the village and bring the boy whether he saw the party that went out or not. .Jack said when he left the rangers all was confusion and that they refused to loan him a mule either to go forward or return. Jim Shaw left this morning for Austin I forgot to mention that the Co- manche left the morning after they received the "presents ap- parently well satisfied, Some of them will probably return in the course of ten days after the guns they left with "Cogswell" to be repaired. The whites located here seem to think that should they be similarly situated again they would like, the Georgia Major be troubled with a slight lamness, and retreat before the enemy appear. With assurances of the most distinguished consideration I remain
Your Obt. Servt. L. H. WILLIAMS pr F E Eldredge
[Endorsed] T. G. Western Genl. Sup. I. A.
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