TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916
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try can keep the Indians off. A less number, or men placed elsewhere cannot. You are acquainted with the Comanche mode of warfare and stealing, and will agree with me that a county which is alternated by prairie valleys and scrubby cedar and oak mountains cannot be successfully guarded by-a less number, and that the Commander must know the trails I am not sure you will recognize my humble name. I first had the honor of your acquaintance in San Augustine in 1839 and 40 I had a law office there and also wrote for the "Red Lander", and having been connected with the Militia drills in Mississippi was known as Col Wells-Since then I have resided in different parts of th~ State; and the last interview I re- member to have had with you was at Wheelock in 1851 or 2 on the occasion of your visit to that place as the counsel of some man indicted for murder As ever your friend Respectfully R. B. WELLS P.S. Should you see proper to appoint an officer to take charge -0f a company in this county your friends would prefer that Capt Hiram W. Cooke shou!d receive that appointment. [Endorsed] R. B. Wells Gatesvil_le Coryell Feby 16th 1860 Relating to Indian ciepredation&. No. 9 APPRAISAL OF WAGON ANO MULES BY M. BEAN AND S. F. MAINS FOR R. W. McKEE [February 17, 1860] We the undersigned Citizens of Lampasas County have this day been called on by Lieut. R. W. McKee acting Commissary Quarter Master of Capt W. C. Dalrymple to Value and appraise one Wagon and six Mules and the harness, which we value at Eleven Hundred Dollars Cash Valuation Witness our Hands and Seals this the 17th day of February 1860 MARK BEAN (seal) S. F. MAINS (seal) Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17th day of February AD 1860 S. FLETCHER J. P. L. Co.
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