Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. IV

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TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916

the Indians from braking up the frontier settlements you have no doubt had the particular there recent raids within 25 miles of Waco they have not bin so fare down for many years before I am fully aware of the fact that you have bin doing all in your power to protect the frontier but some of my friends have bin down to see mee and I know of nothing I can do but write to you hopeing under the new order of things maby you could in- fluence Genl Sheridan to scatter the Troops along the line or adopt a plan of scouting as some other plan that would have the affect to check them is it not posible that Sheridan would alow you to put a few Companies of Rangers on the most ex- posed portions of the frontier if Buck Berry with one hundred men was put on the line to Cooper rate [cooperate] with the Troops alredy there they would soon put astop to there depreda- tions on our amedeate frontier in there raid last week on the Bosque or Meridian they kild three negroes and wounded several white men and carried off one white boy they then started out and what mischief they don as they went out we have not learnd but suppose consider- able as they generally do the most of the murder on there return trip I suppose you are in Communication with Genl Sheridan I understand by this time what we may expect I would be pleased to hear from you

Your friend etc

Geo E. Burney

P.S. I have under stood that some evel disposed persons are trying to make the lmpresseon are trying to make the impresion that the mischief supposed to have bin don by the Indians was the work of Bushwhackers but that it all gammon they kild a negro that had a lot of Bacon in his waggon which they threw away and kild and barbacued a horse rather than use the bacon which of itself is proof sufficient that it was Indians

GEO E. BURNEY

J. W. Throckmorton Provl Gov of the Provl State of Texas

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