Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. V

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0. H. CUNNINGHAM THOS F. WEST S. B. CAINE JOSE MARIA .ARSAGO THOS. MOY J. F. BLAIR JOHN E. ST. AUBIN w. E. GHERD HENRY HILABRE JOHN STEVENS JOHN NEAL JNO. MARTIN A. M. ERHARD J. T. W. MITCHELL C. PETERSON

F. A. MOFFITT WM. H. McCRACKEN PETER . . . . . . . (scratched out) WM. E. PERRY WARREN ADAMS WILLIAM SHERWOOD

W. SNAAR F. MEBERT J. J. N. GRAMMONT W. W. FREEMAN C. H. WINFIELD JOHN R. WOOLDRIDGE

MOABE VERNON H. L. HOWLETT

Petition to Gov. Geo. T. Wood from the citizens of Cameron County praying for military protection Brownsville June 12, 1849

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No. 31 LETTER FROM BVT. MAJ. GENL. G. M. BROOKE TO GOVERNOR GEORGE T. WOOD

Head Quarters 8th Mily Dept. San Antonio, July 11th 1849

Governor,

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8th inst. by the hand of Captain F. K. Lewis. It would give me, at all times, great pleasure to meet the wishes of the Executive of this State, but I am prevented, at this moment, from acceeding to the request of Captain Lewis to fur- nish subsistence to the number of men proposed to be raised for the following reasons. I am advised by the Adjutant General of the Army, that one hundred and sixteen men have been some time on their way from the North to the Rio Grande, and are now probably at Fort Brown. Bvt. Lieut Col. Morris, 1st Infy, commanding at that point, has been previously authorized by General Harney to mount any portion of this force and go in pursuit of any party of Indians which may be in the neighbor-

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