TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859 347 resolved to have you Dr Sturn Newcomb publicly or privately assassinated unless immediately removed from the reserve as men suspected of exciting and encouraging the Indians to dep- redate." "Yours sincerely" "J. S." No. 234 REPORT FROM R. S. NEIGHBORS TO H. R. SCHOOLCRAFT THE NA-ti-NI, OR COMANCHES OF TEXAS; THEIR TRAITS AND BELIEFS, AND THEIR DIVISIONS AND INTERTRIBAL RELATIONS. BY ROBERT S. NEIGHBORS, ESQ. SIR: I HAVE given the subject-matters contained in your book of inquiries respecting the several tribes of Indians of the United States, as much attention as circumstances would admit, and have the honor to enclose for your consideration, this sketch of the Comanches, which was obtained from the l::f.st sources of information we have in regard to them. Owing to the difficulty in finding time to give this subject the attention it requires, this sketch is very imperfect, but in the general questions answered, I have obtained all the information I could get. Our intercourse with fois tribe is ro limited, and they have so little confidence as yet in the whiteR, together with the great difficulty in finding interpreters who fully understand their lan- guage, has rendered it impossible for me to obtain more infor- mation on the subjects referred to, than this slight sketch. I have had no leisure to obtain information from any tribe but the Comanches, but would respectfully refer the Commissioner to a comunication of the Hon. David G. Burnet, to the Commis- sioner of Indian affairs, which is a very perfect sketch of the condition of the small tribes of Texas Indians. I have the honor to be be, Very respectfully, your obedient Servant, ROBERT S. NEIGHBORS, Special Agent.
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