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TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1825-1843
No. 49
DRAFT ON GOVERNMENT
Nacogdoches 1st August 1839
Secy James Reily Sir you will please pay to Dempsey Fields a Cherokee one hundred an fifty dollars a3 p~rt pay fer his crop and cattle Tho J Rusk Comm J a S. Mayfield A. Sidney J oh.nston I certify that I paid the above amount to Dempsey Fields JAMES REILY [Endorsed] Order to Fi~lds for $ 150.
No. 50
TREATY BETWEEN TEXAS AND THE SHAWNEE lNDlANS
Treaty with the Shawnee Indians held at Nacogdoches on the 2nd day of August 1839 Nacogdoches 2nd August A.D. 1839 Be it Known to all men, that on this the day abo\·e written, Tl:e undersigned Commissioners on the part of the Government of Texas having met at Nacogdoches Elena Pecan and Green Grass the chiefs and head men of the Shawnee Tribe of Indians living within the Territory of Texas, Have agreed to and con- cluded upon the following friendly compact, with the said Chiefs and head men, to wit. Art. 1st It is agreed and stipulated between the parties that the said Shawnee Tribe of Indians will return from whence they came and depart in peace from their brethren and the ter- ritory of Texas- Art. 2nd It is stipulated and agreed in consideration thereof that the Commissioners will pay to the said Shawnee a full and Just compensation for their improYements, Crops and all such property as they may haYe to lea\·e through necessity or choice, The pl'ice and valuation to be determined by appraisers ap-
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