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over to the Mexicans and killed Fields and Hunter in January,
1827.r6
In spite of the promise of lands to Bowl and Big Mush, in order
to secure their co-operation against the rebels during the Fredonian
rebellion, no steps were taken to put them in possession of the
lands selected until 1831, though there was no effort to interfere
with their peaceful possession. Instead of putting them in pos-
session of the Edwards grant, the legislature divided that territory
between David G. Burnet and Joseph Vehlein."7
On April 6, 1830, a Federal act prohibiting the further immi-
gration of Americans into Texas was passed. As an alternative
to American settlement of Texas, the law proposed the settlement
of Mexican families around the Americans already there, thus over-
coming the isolation of the Americans. General Teran, who had
become commandant general of the Eastern Interior States, ap-
pealed to the governor of each State to furnish a certain number
of Mexican families to settle upon the Texas frontier. The gov-
ernors failed to respond to this request, and no Mexican families
were sent. This determined Teran to attempt to settle Indians
to keep the Americans in check. He decided to begin this by
settling firmly the Cherokees on the land which they claimed and
had occupied for several years, hoping thus to stop the American
advance in this manner. On August 15, 1831, he wrote to Letona,
the governor of Coahuila and Texas, as follows:
In compliance with the promises made by the Supreme Govern-
ment, to the Cherokee Indians, and with a view to the preserva-
tion of peace, with the rude tribes, I caused them to determine
upon some fixed spot for their Settlement, and having selected it
on the head waters of the Trinity, and the banks of the Sabine, I
pray your Excellency may be pleased, to order that possession be
given to them, with the corresponding Titles, with the understand-
ing, that it will be expedient, that the commissioners appointed
for this purpose, should act in conjunction with Colonel Jos4 de
las Piedras, commanding the military force on the frontier of
Nacogdoches."
The local officials fell in with the suggestions of the commandant
6"Winkler, "The Cherokee Indians in Texas," op. cit., 146-150.
"7Bancroft, North Mexican States and Texas, II, 110.
"Record of Translations of Empresario Contracts, 89. Translation by
Thomas G. Western. Winkler, "The Cherokee Indians in Texas," op. cit.,
154.
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