Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. III

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859

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RUFUS DOANE J W MAGOFFIN ISAAC LIGHTNER CHAS. W. WHITE HUGH J STEPHENSON JOEL L. ANKRIM

[Endorsed] Petition of the Citizens of El Paso County for military pro- tection. San Antonio, Texas. April 29th, 1852. Recd. at the Exec; Dept State of Texas. Austin, May 11th, 1852.

No. 109 LETTER FROM C. A. HARRISON TO MR. KONIG Executive Department, State of Texas.

Austin, May 6th, 1852.

To: Konig Esq:,

Justice of the Peac~,

Castell, Gillespie Co: Texas. Sir:

I am directed by his Excellency to acknowledge the receipt, on the 20th of last March, of your letter of the 20th of February, 1852, transmitting to this Department ten affidavits of losses and damages, from Indian depredations, sustained by certain persons resident in your vicinity, and requesting the Governor to take such steps in the matter as will ensure the payment of the claims, thus presented, as early as practicable. In reply, therefore, I have the honor to state that the neces- sary measures to ensure the speedy liquidations of this class of indemnity claims against the United States Government have been already taken by the Legislature and Executive of this State; that it is a matter entirely under the control and requir- ing the actions of the General Congress; and that no payments will be made until the requisite appropriation to meet them has been passed by that Body. Presuming that the advertisements spoken of in your letter are those of Messrs. W. P. and T. H. Duval, lawyers resident in this city, who are acting as agents in the collection of this de-

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