The Writings of Sam Houston, Volume II

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CALENDAR

PAGE To George May, August 12, 1838, promising the line shall be run "be- fore the leaves fall"__________ ___ _____________ 273 To George May, August 12, 1838, enclosing a letter from The Bowl_ _ 273 To Chief Bowl, August l2, 1838, assuring him that no families of Indians or Mexicans shall be disturbed by the surveyors____ ____ 274 To General Thomas J. Rusk, August 12, 1838, urging that all unneces- sary firing in camp be eliminated, and warning of night attacks by the Indians _________________ _ _________ 275 To General Thomas J. Rusk, August 13, 1838, advising that by sending scouts up the Medina River he could discover whether the Indians were meditating an attack______________ ____ ______ _ 276 To Colonel Bowl, Chief of the Cherokees, August 14, 1838, reminding the chief of their mutual pledges for peace____________ 277 To Colonel Bowl, August 15, 1838, asking him to come see him, and promising protection _________ ____ ____ 277 To Charles Sims, August 15, 1838, telling him to see the Shawnees and tell them Houston will send them a talk________ _ ____ 278 General Orders, August 18, 1838, expressing hope that the brave men under arms might soon be discharged to return to their homes________ 278 To Dr. William G. Lewis, August 19, 1838, defining his duties as post surgeon _ ___ _________ ___ ______ 279 To Thomas J. Rusk, August 26, 1838, concerning the Prairie Indians____ 279 To Mrs. Ross, August 28, 1838, concerning the death of her son, John Ross ------------------------------····--- _________________ 280 Proclamation, August 30, 1838, offering a reward for the capture and delivery of one Cox, a desperado who had burned Laredo on July 3, 1838 --·----------------------- ---- --- 282 SEPTEMBER, 1838 To Thomas J. Rusk, September 1, 1838, asking him to call and see dis- patches from Houston City___________________________ 284 To Liney, the Shawnee Chief, September 28, 1838, sending him a talk_ 284 To Charles H. Sims, September 30, 1838, directing him concerning the work of laying off the boundary with dispatch. _________ 28-1 To Albert S. Thruston, September 30, 1838, ordering that $5,000 be set aside in addition to that already issued for the boundary project, and naming officials recently appointed____________________ 285 OCTOBER, 1838 To Henry Raguet, October 8, 1838, asking for some papers .that had been left at the Raguet home_____________________________________________ 287 To Alexander Horton, October 10, 1838, directing that in the event the boundary lines between the whites and the Indians had not been run by October 20, Horton should employ a surveyor and execute the same ------ --- ----------------------------- 288 To Thomas J. Rusk, October 10, 1838, ordering that Rusk, Commander of the Texas Militia, should have the line run between the Indians and whites, and have it done immediately_________________________________ 288

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