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'l'EXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859
13 36.00 10.00
elusive 25 days @ 45$ By cash recd.
Bal. Recd an approved a/c for Twenty Six Dollars
$26.00 of which the
above is a Copy.
JNO T. BLAKE
Austin 3rd Feby 1846 [Endorsed] J. T. Blake $26
No. 21 LETTER FROM R. S. NEIGHBORS TOT. G. WESTERN Austin February 4th 1846
To Majr Thos. G. Western Supr. Ind. Affairs Sir
I have the honor to report that the Indians, the Lipan and Tonkawa are in much the same position, as regards locality, as they were at my last report. They are contented to occupy the vacant country between the San Marks [Marcos] and San An- tonio Rivers-and I believe that there is no material alteration in the number of either tribe. During the past cold weather they have scatered very much in pursuit of Game rendering it impossible for me to take their sensus [sic] and I can only report their numbers from the statements of their Chiefs. The Tonkawa has undergone great change and improve- ment under your judicious instructions relative to them. They are now in a thriving and happy condition in comparison to what they were, when under your instructions I first took charge of them and I have in a great measure overcome their preju- dices against planting corn etc. and they are now anxious to be located on lower land that they call their own and to be in- structed in farming and I have no doubt that with proper man- agement they could in the course of one or two years be happily and contentedly located and make a good living by farming.
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