217 The number of men under my command is too small for the extent of country over which I am compelled to range, in order to give security to the settlements. If it is possible I shall render secure our county-more than this I cannot promise. I shall be more explicit in my next report.
With proper defference T. C. FROST Lieutenant Commdg.
T. C. Frost
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No. 159 MESSAGE FROM H. R. RUNNELS TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Executive Office Jan. 29th 1858
Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Reps.
Enclosed I transmit for your information a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Interior relative to the boundary between Texas and the United States Indian Territory and the ascertain- ment of the one hundred dlr meridian of west-longitude. The state of Texas has important interests in the adjustment of that boundary which should be in presented. I therefore recommend the adoption of the necessary measures for the appointment of a commission to act with that of the general Government which has been appointed to perform that duty.
H. R. RUNNELS
Jany 29th 58 Letter from the Governor to Senate and H.R. enclosing Letter from the Sec. of the Interior in relation to the boundary line. Recorded on Page 41.
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