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No. 101 LETTER FROM HENRY J. JEWETT AND OTHERS TOP. H. BELL Wheelock Sept. 4th 1852 To His Excellency P. Hansborough Bell, Governor &c. Having received the gratifying intelligence that a Regiment of Texas Rangers is to be called out by the Executive for the pro- tection of the Frontier, we respectfully suggest to you the expe- dience of authorizing Col Eli Chandler of this (Robertson) County to raise a Company of men. There are already more than one Hundred men of this and the adjoining counties who will arm, mount, and enroll them- selves under his command, if your Excellency will give him au- thority to raise the company. We would suggest that the line of frontier from the Trinity to the Brazos, & extending Westward to the Colorado, should be given, to the volunteers of that section to protect. The confidence which the people have in Col Chandler's military ability, and his well known & faithful services as an efficient frontier officer, point him out especially, as one, in whom the Executive, in this emergency, may fully confide. Concurring in the policy of the Executive which solicits the aid of Texas Rangers for the defense of an exposed frontier, we recommend the appointment of Col. Chandler, believing that it will give the greatest satisfaction to the people of the Frontier, between Trinity & Brazos, and that the Rangers who may enroll themselves under Col Chandler, will do brilliant service in de- fense of the Fronteer which is now exposed, to the depredations of hostile Indians, who must receive further punishment before peace & quiet is restored to the sparsely settled counties between the Trinity & Brazos, and the counties more remote from us towards the Rio Grande. Very Respectfully
Your Obt Servts HENRY J. JEWETT F. W. KELLOGG SAML B. KILLOUGH CAVITH ARMSTRONG GEO. R. WHEELOCK
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