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to make peace. War cannot make them happy. It has lasted too long. Let it be now ended and cease forever! Tell all my Red brothers to listen to my Commissioners, and to walk by the words of my counsel. If they hear me and keep my words their homes shall be happy!-their fires shall burn brightly, and the pipe of peace shall be handed round the hearth of their wigwaiijs. The Tomahawk shall no more be raised in wars,-nor the dog howl for his master who has been slain in battle. Joy shall take the place of sorrow; and the laughing of your children shall be heard in the place of the loud cries of women. SAM HOUSTON 1 Papers on Indian Affairs; Also Exect<tive Reco1·d Book, No. 40, p. 122, Texas State Library. Mr. Al Dealey's Collection of Houston Letters, Dallas, Texas. Crane, Life and Select Literar1J Remains of Sam Hot<ston, 337-338. Except for a few differences in paragraph division, these sources are iden- tical. Among the letters of the Pape1·s on Indian Affairs the name of the Shawnee chief is spelled in various ways-Liney, Linney, Linnee.
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To ASA BRIGHAM, TREASURER 1
6th March, 1843. Major A. Brigham, Treasurer, will please pay Mr. Jno Green Twenty five Dollars, and charge the same to the frontier pro- tection fund on deposit. Sam Houston [ On the same page] : Executive Department to Jno Green, Jr.,.______Dr. To trip from Washington to Galveston and return, twenty five dollars ---------------------------------- ___ -----$25.00
1 Financial Papers, 1842-1843, Texas State Library.
To ASA BRIGHAM, TREASURER 1
Washington, 11th March, 1843
Major Asa Brigham, Treasurer, Please pay to Mr. Jno. Ramsey or bearer Ninety Dollars in Exchequers, and charge the
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