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being committed by different parties of Indians upon the in- habitants and property of that portion of our frontier lying between Laredo and Rio Grande City, but more particularly with reference to the country around Bellville. In closed you will find a communication with extracts of letters from H. Redmond Esq. addressed to Genl W. S. Harney. which communication was addressed to him. ior the purpose of placing the matter in a proper light before Genl P. F. Smith. and obtaining from him as commander of this Military Depart- ment, that protection which every citizen of the country has a right to demand. In addressing you on this subject my ob- ject, is to obtain that concurrence of action which will insure protection to that much neglected portion of our frontier, I have merely forwarded to you the statement. I have made to the Genl, I might with much propriety in addressing your Excel- lency. have gone more minutely into the details of these depre- dations But to one who is so conversant with the desolation which follows the visits of the ruthless savage, I. think it super- fluous. I shall therefore close this communication by requesting you to call the attention of Genl Smith to the exposed and defence- less state of that portion of our frontier, in such a manner as your Excellency may think most proper. I am with highest respect To Your obt. Svt His Excellency P. H. Bell Governor Texas WILLIAM MANN {Endorsed] To his Excellency P. H. Bell Governor of the State of Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas, May 14, 1852. Petitioning for military protection at BeJlville on the Rio Grande. Recd. at the Exec: Dept: State of Texas. Austin, May 27, 1852.
No. 113 LETTER FROM J. J. WARNES TOP. H. BELL [May 26, 1952] To His Excellency the Governor., Sir, The Spanish original of the official note, which your Excellency was pleased to put in my hands for
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