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upon his own land s"ituated in the County of Red Rh·er and Re- public of Texas. T G Wright
In the absence of any proper officer authorized to take affidavits, the above statement was made and signed by Travis G VVright in our presence this 8th day of
November A.D. 1842. ARTHt:!t SPENCER JR
JESSE BENTON JR
No. 211 LETTER TO SAM HOUSTON FRO.i\t J. C. ELDREDGE
Washington, Deer. 8th. 1843
To His Excy.
Sam Houston,
President, etc.
I have the honor to submit the following report of my operations under your instructions of the 4th May ult., directing me to proceed to the Comanche Nation of Indians for the purpose of inducing their chiefs to attend a Council at Bird's Fort on the Trinity in August, to enter upon a firm and lasting treaty of peace with the Republic. I left this place on the 7th May, on t.he 11th arrived at Fort Milam and received from Mr. Marlin the Comanche prisoner girl Maria for whom I was obliged to purchase a mule, saddle etc for which I gave a draft on the Govt. for $100, Exchequer bills, in favor of Mr. Adams. On the 12th at the old Council grourid on Tehuacana Creek joined my escort consisting of Mr. Thomas S. Torrey, Indian Agent, Jim Shaw, John Conner and Jim Second-Eye, Delaware guides and interpreters, A-cah- quash the Waco Chief, and four young Delaware hunters and runners, pack 'drivers etc. together with the two Waco prisoners and the Comanche boy "William Hockley." On the 14th, ":Martin." a Dela- ware Captain, requested permission to remain on the frontiers
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