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act according to circumstances and as your own discretion and pruden~e may direct. Sam Houston [Rubric] l«Houston's Private Executive Record Book," p. 102, courtesy of Mr. Franklin Williams. For Daingerfield see Volume II, 452.
To JAMES DAv1s 1
Private
Executive Department, City of Houston, April 4th, 1842. Dear General, By Mr. Collins, I send you my wishes in relation to the Coosattee Indians. I pray you to see that they are protected in the enjoyment of all their rights. They are humble, and they would all be murdered before one would raise a hand against the whites. They have in former days been mur- dered and never sought redress. You have full power to redress any and all their wrongs. Do not let them be cheated out of their stock of any kind. Be pleased to let them know that I have em- powered you to see justice done them: and if you can, send old Colita to me with an interpreter. I would be delighted to see you at Houston if you can come down; but do first see the Alabamas and Coosattees. Tell these people that they are under the protection of the government, and if they were driven off their lands, that the lands would belong to the government. If anyone should want only to molest the Indians I will see that he or they are punished. In the event of an invasion, these Indians would be of great use to us, if they could trust their women and children and old men at home and feel that they would be protected. I could render them invaluable to us as friends. They would alarm the Mexicans out of all measure. Be pleased to write me if you can, and be assured of my sin- cere regard. Thine truly Sam Houston [Rubric] To General James Davis. 1 ' 1 Houston's Private Executive Record Book," p. 104, courtesy of Mr. Franklin Williams. For General James Davis, see Volume III, pp. •14, 45.
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