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No. 189 LETTER FROM H. R. RUNNELS TO J. BARCLAY Executive Office,
Austin August 20th 1858.
Sir, Yours of August 9th has been received this morning, and I hasten to reply thereto; It is much desired that the Indians should consent to remove to the Reserves, and there is but little doubt that if they can be induced to visit them, their consent will be readily given, you will therefore adopt such measures as are best calculated to effect that object. You are authorized to employ the requisite number of white persons to accompany the deputation visiting the Reserves, hav- ing a due regard to ecomony in so doing; and their compensa- tion will be allowed as part and parcel of the incidental expenses of the expedition. It is desirable that you should write Maj. Neighbors Super- intendent in Chief of the Indians, of the time of the probable visit etc. Should the consent of the Indians be obtained for th'eir final removal after visiting the Reserves, you will then communicate with this Department for further instructions; You will try and collect the scattered bands together and if possible induce them to emigrate peaceably, and any necessary expense incurred in doing so will be allowed. I am sir,
Very Respectfully Your Obdt Servt HR RUNNELS
James Barclay Esq.
[Endorsed] Govs. letter to J as. Barclay [H. R. Runnels, Executive Record Book, Number 36, Page 252.]
No. 190 LETTER FROM D. C. COWAN TOH. R. RUNNELS
Llano County August. 30th, 1858
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