Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. III

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859

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HEAD QUARTERS 8TH MILITARY DEPARTMENT, San Antonio, December 25th, 1850.

Orders

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The accompanying Treaty held on Spnng Creek near the San Saba waters by the United States Agent, with the Co- manche and other tribes of Texas Indians, is published for the information of all concerned. Notwithstanding that this Treaty still requires the sanction of the General Government and the State of Texas to make it binding by law, it still evinces a disposition on the part of the Indians to preserve a peaceable attitude towards the whites. Officers of the Army within this Department are accordingly directed to carry out the spirit of this Treaty so far as can con- sistently be done, and it is also to be hoped that a spirit of accommodation may be evinced by the citizens of Texas, until such time as the question of Indian boundary and military juris- diction over their country can be determined upon by the proper authorities.

By order of Bvt. Major Gen. BROOKE. U. S. Army Co~manding in Texas, Geo. Deas Asst. Adjt. Gen'l.

[Endorsed]

San Antonio, Texas Jany 11, '61

Sent to N. Merrill Esq. N. Y. City, By H. W. Merrill, U. S. A.

Mailed to The Reger,ts of the University of Texas for deposit and use, in the proper place, for the early history of Texas- Feb. 8, 1890

Ii. W. Merrill 126 E. 60th St. N. York

This is the most full and perfect record of the Indian Tribes, which for more than 30 years kept the fron- tiers of Texas in fear and alarm. H. W. M.

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