Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. III

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859

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As regards the Fair I will come if absolutely neces- sary, but you will have to send me a conveyance- as my neigh- bors like myself are on foot I have nothing but my mule left. and I am afraid to venture outside this country badly mounted. The Indians passed down here on Saturday and today another party in all about 50 in number and they will be passing every day as they did last moon. Unless some protection is sent out here we cannot ex:ist. I have written Genl Harney and shall do so again today [Endorsed] Extracts of letters from Henry Redmond of Be11ville on the Rio Grande to William Mann Corpus Christi Relative to the depredations and murders committed by Indians at Bell- vi11e, on the Rio Grande. Recd. at the Exec: Dept: State of Texas. Austin, May 27th, 1852. No. 108 PETITION OF CITIZENS OF EL PASO COUNTY TO P. H. BELL San Antonio Apl 29, 1852 To His Excellency Gov P H Bell. We the undersigned citizens of the County of El Paso, Would most respectfully represent unto your excellency, That since the removal of the Govt. Troops, from the post at El Paso, the citizens of that Section of this State, have been subjected to depredations of the most destruc- tive character, committed by the Indians in that Vicinity,-that, in short, these Indians are carrying out to its fullest extent, a system of Warfare and of theft, the character of which, the ex- perience of your Excellency as a frontiersman, will enable you at once to form an adequate conception; lives have been lost, and property of great value has from time to time, been de- stroyed and stolen. It is further most respectfully represented, that many very respectable citizens of Mexico, residing near the Rio Grande, were induced, under the guaranties offered by the stip- ulations of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, to abandon their homes, and to make the county of El Paso their place of resi- dence,-that their class of Citizens have proven themselves on

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