TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859
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No. 62 PROCLAMATION [June 1, 1846]
Executive Department State of Texas. To all to whom these presents shall come-Greeting:-- Whereas, information has been rece·ived by the Executive that a treaty of peace, has been entered into between Messr's Butler & Lewis, Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the following tribes of Indians, viz; Comanche, Wichita, Tawehash, Waco, Keechi, Caddo, Lipan, Tonkawa, and their associate bands; in consequence of which a delegation of said tribes are now in progress of Washington City, having in view a definite adjustment of a boundary line between those several tribes, and settlements-And Whereas, it is considered of vital importance to the peace of our frontier, that no collision should take place between our citizens and any of said tribes: Now, therefore, I, Albert C. Horton, Governor, pro tempore, do earnestly request and recommend to all good citizens, Sur- veyors and others, that they abstain from trespassing on the lands that are debateable-that is, all the territory above and bordering on our present Settlements, until some definite action of the Federal Government shall be known in the premises In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and L.S. cause the Seal of State to be affixed, - Done at the City of Austin, this 1st day of June A D 1846. (Signed) A C HORTON By the Governor Joseph Waples Clerk & Acting Sec'y of State IA. C. Horton, Executive Record Book, Number 28, Pages 35-36.)
No. 63 PROCLAMATION [June 1, 1846] By the Governor of the State of Texas.
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