Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. V

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JABEZ BROWN J. C. BRADLEY ZION BARTON LEROY LEE K. BOYER WM H. MAGILL NOAH SMITHWICK J.B. HALL M. H. BOWERS R. T. POSEY G. H. 'l'EERMAN A. K. BRANTLY GEORGE JAY LOGAN VANDEVEER CURTIS MAYES R. W. McRAE H. CUMMINGS A.G. HORNE E. B. BROWN F. M. TAGGARD ELIZA HEARN W. H. LANGFORD

A. SCHWARTE SAMUEL CURRIER H.DUNMAN J. SCOTT WM. WEAKS J. MCFARLING W. J. BOLL M. D. STRICKING H. WILKINS M. CREWS J. MILLER N CHATFIELD WM. THAXTON T HUNTER E. M. WHITTE F. HYLTER H. H. REED S. G. KENERSON W. S. CHESER

J. A. GAGE R. D. GAGE D. L. GAGE

Petition of Citizens of Hamilton's Valley, Burnet County, Texas, for military protection from Indian depredations Recd at the Exec: Dept: State of Texas Austin, September 16, 1853

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No. 117 LETTER FROM JEFFERSON DAVIS TOP. H. BELL (Copy) War Department

Washington, September 19, 1853

His Exy. P. H. Bell, Governor, Texas Sir:

The duty of repressing hostilities among the Indian Tribes, and of protecting frontier settlements from their depre- dations, is the most difficult all which the Army has now to per-

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