WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1843
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I hope, therefore, that you will delay no time, in performing the duties assigned you under the appointment, so that no diffi- culty may arise as to the absence of the prisoners. The law provides the necessary remedy in case of refusal to surrender them. You will please enforce its provisions wherever necessary -otherwise the public interests may greatly suffer. I have conferred with General Burleson and he is anxious that you should accept the appointment, as the most suitable person that could be employed. If for any cause you cannot attend to the duties, I hope you will appoint some one who will attend to the matter with fidelity. You will have authority to procure for the prisoners, should it be necessary, such clothes and blankets as will make them comfortable. The pay, per diem, will be at the rate of four dollars; and you will be authorized to employ such assistance as may be neces- sary and hire horses to mount them, if you should deem proper. Sam Houston. 1 Executive Reco1·d Book, No. 40, p. 199, Texas State Library. See Houston to th~ House of Representatives, January 12, 1842.
JOHN H. MOORE'S COMMISSION TO COLLECT INDIAN PRISONERS, JANUARY 10, 1843 1
I, Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas, reposing special trust in the honor, fidelity, skill and capacity of John H. Moore, Esquire, do, by these presents and in conformity to an act, entitled "an act to provide for collecting and conveying Indian prisoners to Waco Village," approved 28th December, 1842, appoint and commission him, the said John H. Moore, Esquire, to demand, collect and receive in the name of the said law, each and every Indian, male and female, now being and remaining in the possession or under the control of any person or persons whatsoever, of any and every tribe of Indians, and convey him, her, or them to the Council ground at the Waco Village, on or before the 15th day of February, next, and there place them in the hands of the commissioners duly appointed to deliver then up in exchange for our own prisoners held by them, and as a pledge of the sincerity of our intentions and good faith towards them : Giving and granting to him, the said John H. Moore, Esquire, full power and authority in the premises, with all the honors,
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