TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1825-1843
3
Excellency the Commandant General the these States of 15th August last, relative to give possession to the Cherokee Indians, of the lands which they have selected, and also of your Excellency's orders of the 1st inst. accompanied with the aforesaid Communication of His Excellency the Commandant Genl, in compliance of which I will cause that the necessary measures be adopted, that the alcalde of Nacogdoches shall no- tify the said Indians to be represented before Your Excellency through the medium of an Attorney infact, who in their name shall solicit the grant of the lands which they may need; but nevertheless I must inform Your Ex. that to the Indians of this Tdbe, as well as to those of the Coushatta and Alabama who solicit the adjudication of laws in proper ownership, will be difficult to procure and pay the Expenses of an Attorney or Solic- itor, who is required of them to be sent to the Seat of Govern- ment of this State, on account of their being uncivilized and poor men in consequence of which the requisition which I have caused to be made of them will be without effect; and even Supposing that they had those means and the laws should be granted to them according to the Colonization Laws, an embarrassment must present itself of their not having the means to pay the fees to the Co:nmissioner and to the Surveyor, nor the amount for the Stamp-paper, necessary for issu'ing them their titles, nor the Land Dues to the State, according the installments provided in the said Law.-For these reasons, if there should be no other method adopted, perhaps no progress can be made in this busi- ness; unless it be that His Excellency, the Commandant Genl. in Virtue of the authority vested in him by the Supreme Gov- ernment of the union as the Commissioner, shall establish them in the character of Colonists of the new Settlements, projected for account of the Federation. God and Liberty, Bexar 25th Sept. 1831 (signed) RAMON MUSQUIZ To His Excellency the Governor of the State of Coahuila and Texas A true translation of the original Spanish which I attest. Geo. Fisher Translator to the Senate
Powered by FlippingBook