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The Indian Policy of the Republic of Texas
Jones wrote to Western that the main object of the council was
to remove any difficulties which might have come up since the
treaty was made, to keep the Indians quiet by a mutual renewal
of friendship, and to make presents to the various tribes.19 The
commissioners appointed to meet the Indians were J. C. Neill,
E. Morehouse and T. J. Smith. Western instructed them to in-
vestigate the "obnoxious and unprovoked murder" of Hornsby and
Atkinson near Austin in May. It was presumed, he said, that
some of the Comanches were implicated in the crime. The per-
petrators should be discovered and delivered into the hands of
justice. In regard to the establishment of a permanent line be-
tween the Indians and the whites, Western said:
The Indians in Council last year in October, especially the
Comanches refused their assent to a permanent divisory line, as
proposed by the then President, General Houston, and the Com-
missioners in Council, His Excellency will not therefore desire
you to urge this point at present, contrary to their wishes. They
were then satisfied that the line of Trading Houses should be
considered as the line designating the grounds of the Red Man,
and the President has no objection that it should remain as it is,
if the Indians desire it; but if on the contrary as it is rumored,
they have changed their minds you will please hear all they may
have to say on the subject and report to his Excellency what they
desire in the matter in order that the Government may, after
due deliberation, determine and make known their decision in the
case, by the next council after the present.20
The results of the peace council were described by the commis-
sioners in their report of September 27, 1845, to the President.
The report reads:
We have the honor to present for your consideration, the re-
sult of our mission as Commissioners, appointed for the purpose
of holding a council with the several tribes of Indians on this
frontier.
On the 12th inst we met the Comanche Indians under Mo-pa-
cho-co-pe, and encamped with them at the Council Ground near
the Brazos River, and within four miles of this Post. In a day
or two representatives fom the Anah-hah-kaho, Caddoes, Chero-
"9Manuscript: Anson Jones to T. G. Western, September 8, 1845. In-
dian Affairs, State Library.
"Manuscript: T. G. Western to J. C. Neill, E. Morehouse, T. J. Smith,
Indian Commissioners, September 8, 1845. Indian Affairs, State Library.197
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