WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1838
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To DR. WILLIAM G. LEWIS, POST SURGEON AT NACOGDOCHES 1 Nacogdoches, Texas, 19 Aug. 1838. Sir, You are hereby appointed Surgeon to this Post, and your duty will be to attend to all the sick, and invalids who are sit- uated here or may by accident fall in at this State. Sam Houston [Rubric] William G. Lewis, M. D. 1 Comptroller's M-ilitcwy Service Records, Texas State Library. Zfo 1839, Dr. William G. Lewis was living at Austin, Texas. See Austin City Gazette, October 30, 1839.
To THOMAS J. RusK 1
26th Aug 1838 Genl Rusk This letter~·contains news in relation to the Priara [Prairie] Indians and the disposition of the Shawanees which may be of importance to you. If so; I hope you will profit by it to the fullest extent, and if you can engage the Shawanees, Mr. Sims 3 can tell you all the propositions sent by me to them on the subject of an alliance. They are fine warriors. Do let the line be run-as it long since should have been; and, the Cherokees, Shawanees, Kickapoos, and all other Tribes will unite with us, as they are all interested and will hear of it in thirty- six hours after it is done. Let Mr. Sims soon return to the Cherokees, and tell them of the intended presents, but only to let the Chiefs know it. They can understand that much English. Let them say to Fox Fieldsz that he shall be paid so soon as I can go to Houston. I will go in a short time to see the Cherokees, but I am not very well now. Sam Houston [Rubric] [P. S.J The Bowl was aware before the fuss began that I had ordered the line to be run, & he will now expect it as well as the other tribes. Houston. [Endorsed]: From Gen Houston & Chas Sims to Gen Rusk
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25th Aug 1838 In relation to the Indians &c. 1 Rusk Papers, The University of Texas Library.
2 "The letter" Houston writes of was from Charles H. Sims, the Indian agent to the Cherokees. It is also in the Rusk Papc1·s. It was as follows:
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