Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. III

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859

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I Remain, General, With high Respect,

Your rno-ob--Sevt. (signed) GEO: M. BROOKE

Bt: Major Genl:

To

Major General

Winfield Scott, General in Chief, Head Quarters of the Army, New York. [Endorsed] Bvt. Maj. Genl. Geo. M. Brooke Commg. 8th Mil. Depart. To

l\iaj. Genl. Winfield Scott Commg. U. S. Army. San Antonio, May 28, 1850. Transmitting Copies of 4 Reports relative to Indian Hostilities. Copy for Gov. P. H. Bell Recd at the Exct. Dept. June 4th, 1850.

No. 93 LETTER FROM P. H. BELL TO G. M. BROOKE Executive Department,

Austin, Texas. June 4th, 1850.

Brevet Maj : G. M. Brooke,

Cornmg 8th mil: Dept: U.S.A. San Antonio, Texas. General:

I am much obliged to you for the copy of your letter to General Scott, and I am happy to express to you my en- tire concurrence with the view you have taken of the proper mode to be pursued in putting a termination to the unhappy preda- tory warfare which has so long afflicted this frontier, and which must continue unless some plan, similar to the one you have suggested, is adopted by the General Government It is indeed a crying evil that a government so powerful as the United States does not place herself in an attitude superior to the attack of

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