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WRITINGS OF 5AM HOUSTON, 1844
To JOSEPH ELLIS 1 Executive Department, Washington, August 1st, 1844.
To Joseph Ellis, Esq. Sir,- You are hereby appointed agent of the Coshattee and Alabama Indians, to continue until the 9th December of the present year. The Executive is allowed to make you an allowance of one hundred dollars. You will be entitled to all the privileges and immunities, respect and power as such. You are referred to the law regulating the situation of the Coshattees, &c. It is desired that you should use every exertion in your power to promote harmony between the Indians and the whites; and agreeably to the act of Congress you will place them in possession of the lands designated for them. Should it be necessary for you to have assistance in .so doing, you will call on the authorities of the county. The sheriff has control of the posse comitatus. Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the Republic, at vVashington, August 1st, 1844. Sam Houston 'Papers on lnclian Affafrs; also Executive Record Book, No. 40, p. 365, Texas State Library.
To THE PRINCE CHARLES OF SOLMS 1
Washington, August 2d, 1844.
Prince: It affords me great pleasure to hear of your safe arrival in the Republic after so long and perilous a voyage; and I regretted that my unexpected detention on the Trinity river by sickness prevented me from meeting your Highness at this place. I returned some few days since, but my health is yet broken. The objects of your Highness' visit are known to me, and have my entire approbation. Equally with your Highness and Mr. Bour- geois, I regret the existence of the enterprise [sic] in which your Highness and noble associates are engaged. The Secretary of State will communicate the will .and advice of the government upon such points as your Highness may desire.- I send herewith to your Highness a copy of the veto message which I thought proper to make to the Senate on the 10th of
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