Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. II

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1844-1845

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with Ioni Jim for a mule and gave him 26 bottles whiskey for it. The mule belonged to old Caddo with Jim. 'Tis said that Kellogg, at Wheelocks town, traded with the Delaware. Some say Jim Ned, for some 2000 lbs peltries. [Endorsed] Notes and Mema. at Council Ground 22 July 1844 and Elsewhere 29 July One "Angling" a Citisen living on the Navasota 2 miles below Parkers Ft. states that he has just returned from the neighbor- hood of Ft. Houston that while there it was reported to him that some men from Red River had stolen some Horses in the Colony that the owners following on the trail of the thieves came to an indian camp near Ft. Houston, where they found 5 dead indians and 1 loose horse that they took, the horse and proceeding onward met an indian, that with much difficulty they got the indian to come to them he proved to be a Delaware and stated that he was the only survivor of 6 at the camp just mentioned that the balance had been killed by white men who proved to be the same who stole the Horses, then robbers killed the 5 Delaware and took their horses and peltries. the indian carried the good white men to the camp of their chief and after parading his warriors 80 in number, received them and agreed that if the whites would deliver up the men who murdered his indians he would deliver up his people who had killed some man or men some time previous on Red River- Hon. Isaac Parker who arrd. a few day8 afterwards stated to Stroud the good citizens above mentioned had pursued the robbers taken 2 of them, carried them to the place where the murder was com- mitted and there hung them. - Council Ground 22 July 1844 Red Bear that the party that killed [illegible] on Gabriel were Comanche with one Waco and two Wichita, that he was told so by Keechi, who was told to by a Waco, who also said that the Comanche were of the Yamparika bands who inhabit high up on the Canadian in New Mexico (This was 8 or 10 days ago.) That a party of Keechi, had started on a war excursion when they met 3 Tawakoni fleeing homewards who informed the Ks. that they were all that remained of their party who had had a fight with the Whites and were all killed up except th.emselves. The Ks. then retd. home. That: all the Caddo who had gone to Mexo. have returned

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