TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859 253 dians here are ready and willing to go against the Comanche and I think them about the best protection we have if they are man- aged by some white man a few killing scrapes more will give them a distaste to these parts any how. Jacob learned from the Capt he killed that the point selected for Winter quarters of all the wild Indians was on Main Red River where it runs through the mountains and that some eight or ten tribes united with the Sioux in their War. John Conner says he ascertained. from a Noconi that, that is where they expect to Winter I think there would be no difficulty of finding them if an expedition was gotten up I shall return to Clear Fork in the morning and will keep a sharp look out for any strange Indians. I will make requisition on Maj Paul for a detachment of men to go out to the agency and remain there as I think it proper to give the Government employees all the protection I can. Respectfully and etc. J. R. BAYLOR Special Indian Agent Texas Indians
No. 164 LE'ITEK :FROM E. M. PEAsE TO J. H. CALLAHAN
Austin, Texas October 10, 1865.
Capt J. H. Callahan Dear Sir:
I received your letter of the 4.' inst. on the 9th and now avail myself of the opportunity afforded by the return of Lieut Kyle to your camp to reply to it. When you got on the trail in pursuit of the Indians who had been committing depredations upon our settlements, and found that they had crossed the Rio Grande, you were justified in following them there, for the purpose of recapturing the prop- erty stolen by them and punishing them but you had not the right to take possession of or to occupy Piedras Negras or any other village or property of Mexican Citizens; After the ter- mination of your engagement with the Indians, you should have
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