182 be held by the county to have been made under duress, and ex- cluded in the trial. Neither have I much expectation that any proceedings will be taken against them in any of those counties, but I would suggest that even if no demand is made for them, they shall be retained by the military for sometime, and that the remainder of the tribe as well as the Lipans still remaining be detained in the neighborhood of Fort Inge and not allowed to go into the vicinity of the settlements.
Yours with respect EM PEASE
Copy of letter to Maj Neighbors 8 May 1854 Recorded
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No. 134 LETTER FROM JOHN D. MCLEOD AND OTHERS TO GOVERNOR E. M. PEASE
San Antonio 24th May 1854
To His Excellency EM. Pease Dear Sir,
As your Excellency will perceive by the enclosed papers the undersigned were appointed a committee to commu- nicate to you the Resolutions passed at a public meeting held at the Court House on the 23rd instant together with such other information as was in our possession in relation to the late Indian outrages which have occurred on our Frontier and respectfully to request your aid and assistance in our behalf as Governor of our State in such manner as to your Excellency may seem best to the interests of the Western portion of the state. The accompanying extracts from the public prints will ex- hibit to your Excellency the outrages perpetrated by the Indians, which have led to this action by the Citizens of this and adjoin- ing counties. Families are continually breaking up and coming into the
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