TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1844-1845
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1 Bay Horse, 4 years old, holds a high head. 1 Clay bank horse, a pacing animal, 3 years old. 2 Sorrel, bald faced horses; one, three years old ; the other 7 or 8 or. pony order. 1 Dark Bay Filly. 2 years old. 1 Dun Yearling Colt with a crooked ancke. 1 White mare a natural pacer. l 1 S 11 B St 11 • ~ belonging to the Shawnee. ma ay a 10n, a pony. I Taken from Mr Bryant on the 1st of May.- 1 Grey Mare branded WP on the shoulder with one white eye. 5 Yearling sorrel colts. 4 of them horses and 1 a mare. Taken from Messrs Wm B. Wilson and Henry Kattenhorn on the 5th day May.- Stolen from the Colorado on the 19th April. 1 Dark Bay Mare 15 hands high, with black legs, white hind feet, a blase in the face and 8 years old with some saddle ·spots, belonging to Mr John Ingram. 1 Middle sized Bay Mare, small blase in face, 3 years old. 1 Large Grey Horse 10 Years old, belonging to C Richardson 1 Sorrel horse, large size belonging to Mr Linsey. Our white people saw the red men and killed some of them. they thought they were Waco, Tawakoni and Keechi. there were net many, they think between 15 and 20. They were bad men and must be punished for their bad acts, or they will bring much trouble upon their people. if they are foolish and will not listen to the counsel of good men they must be put away or evil will come upon your women and children. as I have told you, the laws of white chiefs punish bad men and bring back the horses bad men steal. The chiefs of the Waco, Tawakoni and Keechi made a treaty of peace, and signed it with the Chiefs of Texas 7½ moons ago. they then said if their people stole horses they would bring them back. their bad men, as you have heard, have stolen horses. their chiefs must have them brought to the trading house and given up to the Agent. this will keep the words of their chiefs; keep the path of peace white, and keep trouble from coming upon the women and children. Brave men and chiefs never steal or bring trouble upon white people in time of peace. If bad men do these things in time of peace and make the Great Spirit angry and good chiefs sorry all brave men will help their chiefs to punish the bad men and bring back the horse~ they have stolen. Many of the white
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