TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859
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Governor H. R. Runnels Dear Sir
The Indians ar [sic] still getting bolder while I was down they came down on Cherokee Creek and stole 14 or 15 head of horses :ind killed 5 head of Cattle the Horses were stolen from Mr. John Williams Gouger and Mayner and Mr. Hicks they with a few of there neighbors are after them they have also stolen some horses from above on the Colorado we will raise a company as soon as possible. if you can help us by letting us have the money for our sixty days to buy six shooters and ammunition it will help us gratly I should have written as soon as I returned but have waited a few days to know the truth. Most Respectfully D.C.C0WAN [Endorsed] D. C. Cowan
No. 191 LETTER FROM D. E. TWIGGS TO H. R. RUNNELS
San Antonio 16th Oct 1858
To
His excellency Govr HR Runnels Sir,
Herewith I transmit the official report of Maj. Van Dorn his victory 'is most decisive and brilliant his dispatch is dated five days after the Battle and from the Battle ground, I ordered the major not to report any killed that they could not count on the field dead
Very Respty Yr Obt Srt D. E. TWIGGS Majr. Genl. U.S.A.
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