WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1843
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If any difficulty should arise about a treaty and the chiefs are willing to come down, it can be made at this place. In relation to the Comanches, I will make the necessary ar- rangements with Jim Shaw, when I see him here. Sam Houston. 1 Pa.pers on Indian Affairs; also Executive Record Book, No. 40, pp. 233- 234, Texas State Library. 2 See Houston to Anthony, February 2, 1841. 3 John S. Black came to Texas from Tennessee in the late months of 1829. He made application for land in April, 1830, at which time he stated that he was forty years old, and that his wife, Mary, was thirty-two years of age. See Austin's Colony Register, General Land Office. They, at that time, had five children-three sons and two daughters. He and two sons were active during the Texas revolution, his sons in the army; he as a scout and "roustabout for supplies both for the government and for the army." His headright land was located in Grimes County a few miles from the present town of Anderson. See Application Index for Headright land, the General Land Office of Texas; also see E. L. Blair, Early History of Grimes County, 48-50. 4 See Houston to Thomas I. Smith, March 25, 1842. 5 Luis Sanchez. See Houston to Luis Sanchez, July 6, 1842. oJesse Chism, Jim Secondye (Secondi) and Jim Shaw were all Delaware Indians, friendly to the Texans, and often used by Houston during his administrations as scouts and interpreters-especially Jim Shaw. See Gar- rison (ed.), Diplomatic Correspondence of the Re7Jublic of Texas, II, 214; also E.W. Winkler (ed.), Secret. Journals of the Senate, Republic of Texas, 1836-1845, 293.
APRIL, 1843 To STEPHEN z. HoYLE 1 Executive Department, Washington, April 1, 1843.
'fo Stephen Z. Hoyle, Esq. Sir-You will proceed to the City of Houston with as much despatch as practicable, and, if possible, have the accompanying bill filled, for the purpose of making presents to the Indian chiefs. If the articles cannot be procured in Houston, and you are satisfied that they could be obtained at Galveston, you will proceed to that point for the purpose; though I hope it will not be neces- sary. I do not wish to exceed the amount of five hundred dollars in presents to the Indians; but if you see any certain advantage to result from it, you may exceed the amount in purchases.
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