TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859
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To all to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Whereas, information has been received by the Executive that a treaty of peace has been entered into between Messrs. 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 as- sociate bands in consequence of which a delegation of said tribes are now in progress for 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 absta'in from trespassing on the lands that are debateable, that is all the territory above and bordering our present settlements until some definite action of the Federal Government shall be known in the premises. In testimony whereof I have caused the Seal of State to be hereunto affixed. L.S. Done at Austin this first day of June A. D. one thousand Eight hundred & forty six. A. C. HORTON By the Governor Joseph Waples. Clerk & acting Secretary of State. [A. C. Horton, Executive Record Book, Number 29, Pages 6-7.J
No. 64 LETTER FROM A. C. HORTON TO W. S. HARNEY Executive Department Austin June 20th 1846
Sir, Since writing today, the enclosed petitions from Citizens of Dallas and Collin Counties have been received. Should you feel authorized to make a requisition for a sufficient force to protect
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