WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1844
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To J osEPH c. ELDREDGE 1 Executive Department, Washington, January 8th, 1844. To Colonel J. C. Eldredge: Sir- Your note of the 31st ultimo, tendering your resig- nation, as General Superintendent of Indian Affairs, has been received. In accepting your resignation, I avail myself of the occasion to offer you assurances of my continued regard and of my best wishes for your success and prosperity in life. Sam Houston. 1 Execntive Reco,·d Book, No. 40, p. 298, Texas State Library. For Joseph C. Eldredge, see Houston to Joseph C. Eldredge, April 17, 1843.
To THE TEXAS SENATE 1
(Secret)
Executive Department, Washington, January 9th 1844.
To the Honorable , The Senate: I herewith submit, for the consideration and constitutional action of the Honorable , the Senate, the treaty of Peace and Friendship with various tribes of Indians, concluded and signed at Bird's Fort, on the Trinity River, the 29th day of September, 1843. It is, perhaps, proper to remark that the commissioners found it impracticable to designate in the treaty, the line as established by law, in consequence of the objections of the Indians to any agreement in reference thereto, until all the tribes interested should be consulted. The President did not feel himself authorized to give any in- structions to the Commissioners, not in strict accordance with the law. Sam Houston. 1 "Messages of the Presidents," Congressionul Pa.pers, Eighth Congress [the treaty and relative papers accompany the message]; also Executi1 1 e Record Book, No. 40, 298-299, Texas State Library; E. W. Winkler (ed.), Secret Jounials of the Senate, Republic of Tc:r:~s, 1836-1845, 288.
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