WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1829
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May you live long, and may your days be as happy, as your life has been glorious and useful to your country. Farewell. Sam Houston. Gen 1 Jackson President U. States [Addressed]: To Gen 1· A. Jackson President of the U. States Washington City Care of Gov. Barry 5 [Endorsed] : Governor Houston letter to be answered answered _21st of June 1829 1 Jackson MSS., U.S. Congressional Library. Photostat, The University of Texas Library. 2 lt seems that as early as the date of this letter Houston had heard the rumors that one Dr. Robert Mayo was-circulating to the effect that he (Houston) was planning a conspiracy whereby he could wrest Texas from Mexico, and create of it a new nation with himself as its ruler. See Robert Mayo, Political Sketches of Eight Y ea,·s in Washington, Chapter IV, 117-153. 3 John Jordan Crittenden (September 10, 1787-July 26, 1863), lawyer, soldier, statesman, was at this time the Judge of the Western District, and served as the acting Governor of the Arkansas Territory. See the Dictionary of American Biography, IV, 546-549; also, the Biogravhical Directo1·y of the American Congress, 861. •John Jolly, whose Indian name was Oo-loo-teka, was an old friend of Houston, and cordially welcomed him to the Indian nation. ~This was evidently William Taylor Barry (February 5, 1785-August 30, 1835), lawyer, politician, statesman. He was never really Governor of Ken- tucky, but from 1820 to 1824 was Lieutenant Governor, and was a candidate for the Governor's office in 1828. He was defeated. He had been one of Clay's staunchest supporters, but turned to Jackson after the alleged trade between Clay and Adams. He held many political offices of high rank. See The Dictiona1-y of American Biog,·aphy, I, 656-658; also the Biographical Directo111 of the American Congr6ss, 675.
To JOHN H. EATON' Cantonment Gibson 24th June 1829
To the Sec'y of War, Sir, It has come within my knowledge since my arrival in this section of the country, that the President of the u: States has ordered a detail of 4 companies of Infantry, for the purpose of escorting and guarding the companies trading from St. Louis to St. A. Fe. This measure on the part of the Government is wise, and necessary for the present; but I beg leave to submit to your consideration the following facts- The trace by which the traders must pass, will unavoidably go thro' the hunting ground of the Osages, Kansas, Pawanees, Komanches, Arapahoes, I
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