Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. V

170 son & left in charge of Capt. Simmons who has not purchased him as heretofore stated, he seems to be about 8 years old, the older George W. is still with Maj. Humphreys of this vicinity." Lieut Tree says they are both in. In haste your Obt servt H. W. MERRILL Bvt Major Comg Post Maj. R. S. Neighbors Indian Agent Texas San Antonio

[Endorsed:] R S Neighbors San Antonio April 1854

No. 128 LETTER FROM ROBERT S. NEIGHBORS TO E. M. PEASE

San Antonio April 10th 1854

Dear Sir I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter & Enclosure of 24th March, and in reply would state that Maj Geo T Howard, the agent of the Lipans is now at their Camp and will at an Early day report their condition and how far any of that tribe were engaged in the depredations reported by the Citizens of Laredo, if at all. On my arrival at San Antonio from our Northern Frontier I met Mr Luntzel, who is Major Howards In- terpreter and a very intelligent and respectable German Citizen. He has remained constantly in Camp with the party of Lipans, near Fort Inge as well as the Tonkawas, and assures me that none of those bands have been in the direction of Laredo for some time previous to the time at which the depredations mentioned were committed, and that those parties were not connected in any man- ner with those depredations-Early in January last the party of Lipans who have always resided on the Pecos, crossed the Rio Grande, at the solicitation of the Mexican authorities and Estab- lished themselves in the neighborhood of San Fernando If there were any Lipans Engaged in the affair at Laredo it was this party- When they were about to leave Texas, they informed the agent of the fact, and that the authorities of Mexico had offered them Land and protection if they would come over to them-

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