The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 7, July 1903 - April, 1904 Page: 163
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The Cherokee .Indians in Texas.
enMpresarios, because their grant is older. Notwithstanding, they
have no other documentary evidence than the word which the
supreme chief of the Republic gave them, and a map that he deliv-
ered to them, on which was designated the territory, the same now
occupied by them.
"In consideration of all the above, I have directed that said tribe
shall not be disturbed for any reason whatever, until the supreme
general government may decide whether in truth it granted to said
tribe the concession to which reference has been made at the afore-
mentioned time ; or until the termination of the extension of time
that the honorable congress has granted to David G. Burnet. In
either case the chief of said tribe shall be notified, so that by means
of an attorney he may be represented in this capital for the purpose
of concluding a suitable contract.
"For the security and protection of the Cherokee tribe, which
henceforth subjects itself to the constituted authorities of the State
under my charge, I give these presents in the city of Monclova, on
the twenty-first day of August, in the year one thousand eight hun-
dred and thirty-three. Beramendi."2
This was the status of the Cherokee claims on August 21, 1833.
Facts which had been ignored in the transactions of the two pre-
vious years, suddenly arose to postpone the matter for at least two
more years; for on March 10, 1835, the political chief of the depart-
ment of Nacogdoches wrote that, "The supreme government of the
State, satisfied with the intentions of the Cherokees, Cooshatties,
and other Indians, will not permit them to be disturbed in the lands
which they now occupy until the supreme general government shall
determine upon the matter; . . ."3 nor is it likely that any-
thing was done by the general government during the remainder
of 1835, since Santa Anna was then carrying on a revolution for
the dictatorship. The State could do nothing but offer protection
to the Indians while they insisted on remaining where they were,
'That the supreme general government did not "grant to said tribe
the concession to which reference has been made at the aforementioned
time" is amply proved in the preceding pages.
'Appendix to Empresario Contracts, III 300. Translation.
'Blotter of letters from political chief of the department of Nacogdoches
to the alcalde of Nacogdoches. General Land Office.163
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