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TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1860-1916
Texans, The Texans have remained at home to defend them- selves and have not followed the Kiowa and Comanche to Cap- ture and Kill them, but have staid at home, They have not fol- lowed the Comanche and Kiowa to Capture them not because they are not powerful Enough to do so, for Satanta Can tell you that the Texans are as numerous as the leaves in the for- est and a hundred times as many as the Kiowa and Comanche together. They have not follo,, 1 ed them becaue they are all children of the Great Father and they had made a treaty not to go to Texas. Some six years ago and they the Kiowa & Co- manche agreed in that treaty to remain on their reservation here and not go to Texas. They agreed in that treaty that they would not Capture our women and children and not Scalp them or take the property of the white man. But they violate that treaty, they have been going to Texas all those years, taking their property and Killing their Men. The Texans did not vio- late that treaty, they did not Come to the reservation, the Kiowa & Comanche alone went to Texas. That thing must now stop, and the Kiowa and Comanche must put themse 1 ves in that posi- tion that the people of Texas will be satisfied that they Canot go there.-! am now going to tell you the terms I demand for Texas-Listen to them.- The Kiowa and Comanche to go on that part of the reservation where they are permanently to remain on cultivatable land in the neighborhood of Fort Sill. Their location to be with a view to adopting the habits of the white man; cultivating the soil and raising cattle, and giving up the use of their horses and arms. This movement to commence at once, and in the mean- time so as to prevent any misunderstanding of the conduct of the Indians on the part of the people of Texas or on the part of the United States Government and to prevent the possibility that the bad acts of other Indians be charged to them the~, must have white men as Agents remain with them constantly in their respective camps who can see all of them daily and see that none of them leave on raids. To further make it impos- sible that they can go into Texas they are to draw their rations for not exceeding three days at a time each man being per- sonally present to answer to his name and draw his own rations. Further, I demand that the Comanche who have recently been raiding into Texas be delivered up to the Texas authori- ties and to aid in effecting this those Comanche and Kiowa who have remained faithful shall put themselves under the direc-
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