TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859
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No. 192 LETTER FROM W. JONES TO H. R. RUNNELS
Lampasas County Oct 17th A.D. 1858
His Excelency
H. R. Runnels
Governor of the
State of Texas Sir
At the solisitation of many Citizans of high Respectability I take this Method of inf~rming you that from the Eminent and unquestion danger in which that portion of our frontier Lying between the Colorado and Brazos Rivers is placed at this time we have been driven to the necesity of Organiseing a vollentier company composed of our own citizans to ward off the tomehawks and scalping knife from our wifes and children I have this day met with several Reliable citizans Runing from the fruntier with there familys and if protection is not amedi- ately had that hole line will be avacuated and now we have or- ganised and elected our Officers we are allmost entirely destitute of arms and consequently B. S. Whitaker Esqr one of the officers visits you for the purpos of Borrowing the State arms at your disposial, which we belive you will cheerfully furnish in the Mean time I Remain with highest Resp Your Obediant svt WILLIAMSON JONES Chief Justice L. C. [Endorsed] Williamson Jones Lampasas. Co. [Source] H. R. Runnels, Governor's Letters, Texas State Library.
No. 193 LETTER FROM J. WILLIAMS TO H. R. RUNNELS San Saba Oct 25./58.-
To his Excellency H. R. Runnels, Sir :
On Saturday the 16th inst. I set out from this place, with ten men to scout for Indians- We
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