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PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR
charge of rifle. His Capt. sent 15 miles for a coffin for him (:Vash- ington) and had him buried with the honors at Mr. Arnolds residence at the crossing of the Navasotto- No. 2163 1844 Jan. 27, M. B. LAMAR WASHINGTON, [TEXAS?] TO J. RIDDLE [HOLLY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPIJ 11 Washington Mr. Riddle January 27th 1844. Sir. In answer to your enquiry respecting the mer- chants who accompanied the Santa Fe Expedition, I feel it my duty to state, in justice to those gentlemen, that they were not at the time in the employment of the Government, nor in any wise connected with the military further than to receive its protection & safe conduct; which the officers were ordered to extend to them. Of Mr. Buchanan, .I have no personal recollection; but I am told that he embarked under the escort of the military, with a quantity of merchandize, in the char- acter exclusively of a trader; and like the rest who had adventured their commodities on the occasion, was captured and deprived of his property. · Yours respectfully Mirabeau B. Lamar. No. 2164 1844 Jan. 30, G. B. ERATH, WASHINGTON, [TEXAS) 12 SKETCHES ON MILAM AND ROBERTSON COUNTY. Scetches on Milam and Robertson County by G. B. Erath The war with the indians commenced in 1835- In June 1835-Burleson from the Colorado, came with a company of men, & pursued a party of Wacoes who had been com- mitting depredations- He did not ovetake [ sic l the Wakoes; but come across a party of Caddoes on Little river, about 50 miles from Austin- the Caddoes were attacked, 5 were killed & one prisoner taken- This ended the campaign- · July1835- a party of 20 men under the command of Capt. Cole- man, the men partly from the Colorado & partly from the Brazos,. marched to the head of the Navasotto and attacked the Tewackana Village- 80 Indian; Coleman was repulsed with a loss of one man killed John Williams, and 4 wounded. He fell back upon the settle- mts on the Navasotto. He was here joined by a 150 men from the Colorado & Brazos; and the command given to Col. John H. Moore, commenced their march early in August for the Towackana Village- on arriving there the Indians had fled towards the US- the Indians generally broke for the US- they were pursued to the Trinity high up. The main body of the indians were never overtaken; but several
11 A. Df. S. 12 A. D. S. The first four pages are a prefix by Lamar.
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