TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1825-1843
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orable Senate as correct a list of the different tribes with their force, habits, Locality, Interests origin and probable feelings in reference to this Govt as the limited means of information in possession of your Committee will allow and they frankly admit that much of this information is discernable from indi- vidual information. No official information·having been fur- nished your Committee through any of the departments of this Govt other than the documents herewith submitted. South of the San Antonio road in the Counties of Nacog- doches and Liberty live the Coushatta, Alabama, Biloxi and Muskogee the three former of about 50 and the latter of about 3 years residence in Texas all originally from the "Creek Coun- try" of the U. S. They speak a similar dialect are about 150 warriors in number mostly Hunters of Pacific feelings towards the Govt. of this Republick and having very limited if any pre- tensions to Territory. These Indians have no communication with the tribes of the Praries whom they dread and with whom they have been at variance. The Huawni [Hainai ?] and Choctaw live in the Counties of Nacogdoches and Shelby on the waters of the Attoyac and Pa- troon, they are of the old Choctaw nation have resided in Texas about two years are of Pacific feelings, are about 40 in number and have no pretensions to soil among them are a few Chicka- saw, of similar character. The Caddo, Joni, Anadarko, Abadoche among whom are dis- persed the Ais and Nacogdoches Indians speak a similar lan- guage are descended from the old Caddo nation and with the ex- ception of the Caddo are natives of this Country-They all un- derstand and speak the Castilian Language. They are about 225 in number and previous to their late Hostilities live in the County of Nacogdoches, some have returned to the'ir old homes but mo~t of them are still with their squaws and Children on the Praries united with the Hostile tribes that dwell there; about one half of these Indians are good marksmen all of them Hunt for a living and are on intimate terms with all the tribes of the Praries. They are thought to be the greatest rogues and the most treacherous Indians on our frontier. The Keechi, Ta1£1akon-i, Waco and Tawehash or Pawnee are Indians of the Praries, Hunt altogether for a living travel al- together on horseback armed mostly with the Bow and Lance, what fi!"e arms they have are smooth bores or traders guns of
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