WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1838
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To CHARLES S1Ms 1 Nacogdoches, Texas, 15th Aug. 1838.
Mr. Charles Sims
You will see my friends the Shawnees and
Tell my Brothers, my Talk, which I send by you!
Sam Houston [Rubric]
[Addressed] : To Mr. Charles Sims Present [Endorsed]: Genl Houston August 1838
1 Co11iptroller's Military Service Records, Texas State Library.
GENERAL 0RDERS 1
Nacogdoches, Texas, 18th August, 1838.
General Order. The brave men who have so promptly rallied to their country's defense, it is hoped will soon be discharged, and returned to their homes. They have done all that it was possible for them to achieve under the circumstances ! The enemy are now dispersed, but not without some expectation that they may again unite at some point, so as to annoy a portion of our population. The troops in falling back, or returning, will treat the Indians and their property, as its guardians; preventing all injury to every specie of property. This special request is made of the Gallant officers, and men by the President, of the Republic with a confident hope that his old companions in arms will not disregard his solemn request. 2 I salute the army. Sam Houston [Rubric] 1£a111,a:r Papers, II, 206. :Major General Thomas J. Rusk did not obey this order (see The Jounial of the House of Revresentat-ives of the Republic of Texas, 2d Cong., Annual Session, 175), but made a demonstration of force in the Indian Territory. This conflict of opinion concerning Indian policy was the beginning of the break in the friendship between Houston and Rusk. For an account of the matter written from the Rusk side of the controversy, see The Southwestern Historical Qu,art.el'ly, XXXIV, 278-290. t l .
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