TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1825-1843
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woman of his tribe and had lived with her since he had been among them, but that she was willing to give him up if it would help to make peace-She wished however that the Chief of Texas would send her by her eheif when he returned from the Council some brass wire for armlets and a yard or so of stroud- ing that she might keep them to remember her boy- I prom- ised that you would send them up by the commissioners- I have received great assistance from A-cah-quash-in my intercourse thus far with the Indians- He wishes me to say to you-that he is well and has kept his word with you in speak- ing peace to the Indians-that he is not yet tired of doing so, but that since he has been away from home his mule has got fat, and is now able to carry him anywhere, that he will go with us to the Comanche, take care of us and return us to you again safe at the Council, and do all he can to make a general peace- The Comanche are said to be a very great distance off, and it is highly improbable that we can return in time for the Coun- cil at Bird's Fort, still I shall use every exertion to do so if pos- sible- I have told the Cheifs of the Tribes I have met with, that they must be there at the appointed day- If I do not re- turn in time for the Council. I will bring the Comanche down to the falls of the Brazos, and despatch runners to inform you of our arrival, that Commissioners may be sent to meet us- I hope however to avoid this necessity by returning in time- I regret to inform you that I have not met with that hearty co-operation from Shaw and the other Delawares that I had a right to expect. From the very first moment of our uniting with the whole party at the Council Ground on Tehuacana Creek. Shaw [document torn here] ... direction of all our movements without consulting or referring to me in the matter- At the time I thought it would extend no farther than selecting encamp- ments and other unimportant matters, but that when any im- portant movement was intended, I would certainly be consulted. In this however I was mistaken- So far from being consulted, rJutes were changed, halts for days at a time ordered and prep- arations for visiting different villages ior the purpose of trad- ing made without my consent being asked or required- Things had gone so far that I felt the necessity of coming to some un- standing with him on the subject-- I postponed it however as a Council of the Indians who had come in was about to take place, and determined to wait until it was concluded- At the
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