The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 42, July 1938 - April, 1939 Page: 331
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Report of Col. Cooper of Inspection Trip
form a separate band under the head chief Acaquash. These sev-
eral tribes number in all about two hundred and forty warriors,
and including their women and children they amount in the aggrer
gate to about one thousand.
I found these people perfectly peaceable, and in every way
disposed to cultivate friendly relations with the whites; they were
tilling the earth, raising corn and vegetables extensively, and their
crops appeared in a fine state of forwardness and well cared for;
but with all this labour and exertion they find it difficult to get
along on account of the sparseness of game in the country, which
is their chief reliance; at times they are in a starving condition.
They appear to want the fostering hand of Government to aid 4
encourage them, and they yet indulge the hope that assistance
will be given to them, agreeably to the terms of a treaty which
they represent to have been made with them in 1846, when their
chiefs visited Washington. According to their statements, the stipu-
lations of that treaty have not been complied with by our Govern-
ment. They expressed a desire to be provided with some few
farming implements in order that they might cultivate their crops
to better advantage & to greater extent. At present they have
only a few hoes which are mostly worn out and which they origi-
nally obtained by barter. They also wish that some few cows &
hogs may be furnished to each tribe to enable them to raise their
own stock and thus supply the want of game which is very sparse
throughout this whole section of country; and finally, that a black-
smith may be allowed them to keep their implements of husbandry
in order. A little encouragement of this kind, & which would involve
but a trifling expenditure of money, would greatly contribute to,
their comfort, and might through their influence, effect a salutary
change in the temper & feelings of other tribes along this border
who are now disposed to be hostile.
A few miles from the Keechi village we crossed a broad trail
leading to the North East. I was told by Acaquash that this was
the great Comanche trail, which, passing by the Caddo & Keechi
villages, led directly across the Red River to the Washita settle-
ments, and was used by the Comanche in driving their stolen
horses & mules to those settlements where they were disposed of
to traders; and that within the last three months two parties had
passed by this village with a large amount of this stolen property331
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