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yourself in the matter, and see that all if possible are delivered at the designated time and place. Fair compensation will be allowed you for your services. Sam Houston. 1 Exec1itive Recorcl Book, No. 40, pp. 151-152, Texas State Library. John Chenoweth. See Houston to James Collinsworth, March 15, 1836. ~rt is impossible to determine to whom Houston referred, since there were several Ogdens living in Texas in 1842. It is probable, however, that it was D. C. Ogden, who was a Captain in the Texas army (Sec.1·et Jo111"1tals of the Senate, 172); 01· it may have been Francis B. Ogden, whom Houston nom- inated for consul to Liverpool, December 30, 1842 (Ibid., 258). 3 See Houston to the House of Representatives, January 12, 1842.
To THE INDIAN COMMISSIONERS 1
Washington, October 9, 1842.
To the Indian Commissioners, &c. Gentlemen - The following points are suggested as proper to be included in the proposed general treaty with the Indians, viz: 1. Peace with all the parties to the treaty. The tribes on the frontier to keep the peace for us, if necessary. 2. The United States to guarantee for the Indians that they keep peace; and no citizen to introduce spirits, or trade with the Indians, but by permission of the government of Texas. 3. Boundaries to be defined. 4. No person to reside amongst the Indians, or to trade with them but by permission of the President. No foreigner of any nation to reside, trade or travel amongst any tribe residing with- in the limits of Texas. 5. Neither the Indians nor the whites shall pass into the terri- tory of the other without lawful permission. 6. Trading houses shall be established at such times and places as the President may deem fit, at which all friendly Indians may trade. 7. Should a white man kill an Indian, or commit any outrage · upon an Indian or his property, he shall be punished by the laws of the Republic, as though the Indian had been a white man. 8. If an Indian should kill or otherwise injure a white man or his property, he shall be punished by his chiefs as a white man would be by the laws of the Republic.
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