Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. IV

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916

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fault of mine or my brothers. l can not consider that any por- tion of the amt. advanced to me by the Agent should be re- funded to the State. C. V. EZELL

No. 134 LETTER FROM A. LANDERS TO J. W. THROCKMORTON

Hood County Texas April 24th A.D. 1867

Gov. J. W. Throckmorton,

Austin Texas-

Dear Sir Your communication of the 31st of January Asking information relative to Indian Rades Murders etc did not reach me until a flew days ago owing as I suppose to there being no post office in Hood County.- In reply I will indeaver to give you only Such facts as I am personally nowing to My Self. In the last Eighteen Months one person Murdered by Indians a man by the name of Pleasant Boyd.- I will now give you the names of a flew of the persons and the number of Horses and valuation of Said Horses La. [sic] Last September F. M. Peavlor had 2 Horses Stolen value one Hundred Dollars Each. David Peavlor Two Horses value one Hundred Dollars Each James Peavlor one Horse valued One Hundred Dollars About the Same Time Peter Garlin had 2 Horses killed and Twenty Stolen value forty Dollars Each 2St [sic] About the 25th of Dec last C.C. Arrington had one Horse Killed value one Hundred Dollars Also three Stolen value Sixty Dollars Each-at the Sarne time C. T. Ar- rington Had one large mule Stolen value one Hundred and fifty Dollars Abough one Month ago--J. M. Washburn Had fore Horses Stolen value Three Hundred and fifteen Dollars at the Same Time Cole Huffstutter one Killed and one Horse Stolen valued Eighty Dollars Same time Luke Smith Two horses Stolen value one Hundred Dollars -Sarne time Drew Middleton Two

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