Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. III

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859

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of the United States, and was greatly pleased to hear from him, every word was pleasing and acceptable to me, the advice good, which we will follow and observe, and hope our great chief and his grand counsil will aid in carrying out the advise of our agent given us on yesterday. The Great Father or Chief is a long way from us we would love very much to see hiin, and con- verse with him, face to face, I now feel or imagine I can see him before me. he looks l'ike a great man, a good man and a warrior and just such a man as should be the great chief of a good people, we love him and wish to follow his advise and directions and raise our children as advise by our kind & worthy agent sent us by our great national chief and be his friend and the friend of all the good people of the United States of Amer- ica. He further says that they have wandered about for seven years and driven from their homes where their parents are buried and where they raised (maize) corn and still driven back by the white men & have no home or resting place, We do not wish to do or to take other men or persons land, as the White men, have done. We want land & homes, of our own, to raise corn and other things for our women & children we know how to do it. The great Chief of the United States of America is all powerful and can do any thing he may wish. If he will make a line and set apart a Section or peice of Country to settle on and cultivate that we can call our own, and place us under the protection of the laws of the United States and the great chief and appoint some person to assist and instruct us we will re- joice and our hearts be gladened, and we will go to work at our homes assigned us and feel happy and more safe under the care of the great chief of the United States, than we have been since driven about by the people of Texas, from where we were born and our old homes where we made corn has been taken from us. He repeats that if they had homes they know how to raise corn & will do so. Ceacheneca or (Feather) a Com,anche Chief. Reply to the re- marks of the agent on yesterday Says he never was so well satisfied & happy in his life, and more pleased with the management & treatment at the present treaty than any he heretofore attend. Say he never will forget his great & kind Father the great chief of the United States of America, that he has made a big white path between us and we can see him almost face to face & know him to be our friend.

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