Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. IV

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916

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of the cuntry and habits of the Indians and would sattisfy this community we have a fireating paper here that is doing all it can to impair the confidence of the people in your excelency it is the organ Col Nat Terry of Fort Worth and Lattimore at Bel- knap and others of like faith When l sat down I only intended writing a few lines but you Must excuse me rs I am an old friend I want you to write to me I do hope you c:in consistantly call out a few frontier minute men and at the same time I ask you Fraternally to keep this as a private communication Withe great respect yours as ever heretofore your humble servant W. W. 0. STANFIELD N.B. If you consider this [sic] worthy of notic your answer shall be as sacred as it W.'.1S before communicated I am extremeh' anxious to here from you. w.w.o.s. [Endorsed] W.W. 0. Stanfitld Jacksboro March/60. Respecting Indians in Clark and Wise.

No. 18 LETTER FROM E. RECTOR TO S. A. BLAIN

"Washington City D.C." "March 22nd 1860,"

"Sir:"-

"I am directed by the Hon. Comr. Indian Affairs to inform you, that a letter has been addressed to the President of the United States by a citizen of Bosque County Texas, dated February 14th 1860, the United States, that on Tuesday pre- ceeding the date of his 11>.tter, a party of Indians attacked the house of a Mr Lembey of Erath County whilst the men were from home and took awny four women, violated their persons and afterwards killed two of them, that they thence proceeded into Bosque County where they killed two citizens, stole 400 head of cattle and committed other outrages; that many cir- cumstances indicated that said Indians are bound to be Reserve Indians." "You are directed to report to me at my office without delay whether any Indians under your charge have of late or at any

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