Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. III

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859

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General: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, by

yesterday's mail, of your communication of the 24th Instant, referring to the expected hostilities of the Comanche and other tribes of Indians on the frontiers of the State. Relative to t.he call for mounted men that you anticipate will be necessary, I feel much pleasure in assuring you of my ready cooperation in any measure, that you may deem advisable to meet the emergency. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Your Obdt: Servant, [P.H. BELL] [Endorsed] Relative to an expected call for mounted Volunteers. (P. H. Bell, Executive Record Book, Number 34, Page 250.]

No. 96 LETTER FROM P.H. BELL TOG. M. BROOKE Executive Department, Austin, Texas. November 8th, 1850.

Brevet Maj: Genl. Geo: M. Brooke Commg. The 8th Mil: Dept: U. S. A. San Antonio, Texas. General:

I have received this afternoon, per express, com- munications from Mr Duval, Sub Agent for the Seminole In- dian Tr"ibe, copies of which I hasten to transmit for your con- siderations. You will agree with me that the information which they contain is highly important in more than one point of view. By it the movements and machinations of the adroit warrior and arch intriguer Wild Cat of the Seminole are in part revealed, and timely warning afforded, from a reliable source, of the dangers and troubles he may at no distant day endeavour to bring upon this frontier. He appears now in the first scene of an ·important drama, which from sources of in-

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