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to their tribe except those who died there (dissatisfied with the Mexicans)-that-on their way in, they saw on Pecan Bayou at the two Great hills a large number of Comanche coming towards the Villages on this river they were Mopechucope's the Hoish band, he was with them, he said he was going to the Caddo villages Red Bear's house for ear Corn to hear the news that he expected to meet John Conner to conduct him there. That the party who had the skirmish with Hays were Kiowa and Snake indians, there is abt. 200 of them Snakes who live with the Corns. That he R B would do all in his power to bring in some of the Coma. Chiefs when they came in I gave him Tobacco to smoke with them. Jose [Mari~] tells the same tale he heard it from some of the Caddo-Some say half Cherokee came in with the Caddo, they left but 2 Caddo there the Cherokee live at Jose Maria's Village. Red Bear also states that the Keechi told him that the Waco intended to scalp by an perhaps this full moon-that they would also call at the Trading house and kill those there and return here, that the brother of the Tonkawa is living and [illegible] for [illegible]. No. 61 TESTIMONY OF FRIENDSHIP [July 25, 1844] Testimony of Friendship between the Anadarko Nation and the United States of America• KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS That Jose Maria a Chief of the Anadarkos and the tribe to which he belongs are by Treaty, on terms of Peace and Friendship with the United States of America. Jose Maria has in person visited Washington City, the seat of Government of the United States and conducted himself according to the terms of the treaty, to which, he was a party.
•Original in po11session of C. Ross Hume, Anadarko, Oklahoma.
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