Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. III

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859

No. 97 LETTER FROM P. H. BELL TO M. DUVAL Executive Department, Austin, Texas. November 9th, 1850

M. Duval Esq:

U. S. Sub Agent

for the Seminole Indians. Sir:

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt yes- terday evening by the hands of Mr Aird, of two communications from you, severally dated October 20th and 21st 1850. By that evening's mail I transmitted copies of those letters to Brevet Major General George M. Brooke, U. S. Army, Com- manding the Eighth Military Department, whose head quarters are at San Antonio, drawing his particular attention to their contents and assuring him that I would cooperate in any way that he might desire to facilitate the necessary operations. I have no doubt that the General will use all the means at his command to check the movements of Wild Cat, and to recover the runaway slaves. There also appears to be considerable individual enterprise in this community for the recapture of the lost property, which induces me to think that with ordinary management Coacoochies object can be defeated. I am Sir, Very respectfully, Your Obedient Servant [P. H. BELL] [Endorsed] Replying to his communications respecting Coacoochie, the Seminole Chief, and certain runaway slaves. [P. H. Bell, Executive Record Book, Number 34, Page 291.]

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