WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1860
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:?For Captain Smith, see Houston to Captain J. M. Smith, January 17, 1860. 3 For Captain Burleson, see Houston to Captain Edward Burleson, Jan- uary 4, 1860. 4 For Colonel Middleton T. Johnson, see Houston to Johnson, March 17, 1860.
To JOHN H. CLARK 1 Executive Department, Austin, April 17th, 1860.
John H. Clark, Esq., U. S. Boundary Commissioner Sir: A letter from Hon. Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the In- terior, dated ·washington, March 19th was received yesterday, stating that the Boundary Commission would be ready to resume operations from Fort Arbuckle on the 10th of May next. The letter of Mr. Thompson having been delayed from some cause, a corresponding delay will ensue 'in the arrival of the State Commission at that point. It will be ordered to proceed to that place as soon as the neces- sary arrangements can be made. Its arrival may be expected on or about the first day of 'June. Sam Houston.
1 Executive Records, 1859-1861, p. 129, Texas State Library.
To JOHN M. SMITH 1 Executive Department, Austin, April 17, 1860.
Captain John M. Smith Dear Sir, Enclosed please find a copy of a letter which has just been received at the Department. From the tenor you will see that this will be work ahead for you. It would perhaps be better that you should not make a general scout on your way to Belknap, but concentrate your forces at some point where you will be most likely to intercept these bands. Enclosed you will also find Despatches to Colonel Johnson and Captain Dalrymple which you will forward by express without delay. Captain Burleson has just been ordered to join Captain Dalrymple in Clay County. He has just returned from a scout to the Wichita Mountains without finding Indians. So soon as Colonel Johnson's command is ready to move, orders will be forwarded to call Captains Burleson and Dalrymple into the expedition if he should think proper. Sam Houston.
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