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Genl Albert Pike Camp Jackson1 Sept 27th 1861
Dear Sir
I was very anxious to come to Tah le quah12 but business of an
urgent character compelled me to go to Fayetteville.
Having done all in my power to avoid getting into any kind of
disputes or contentions with any person whilst on this frontier,
I am grieved to find at last that I am to share the fate of others.
I leave in the morning for Fayetteville for the purpose of
getting possession of the arms turned over by the state to the
Confederacy.
Col Hindmanl3 has them in possession & seems exceedingly
anxious to get command of a Brigade. This I would willingly
help him to, but at this time it will cause too much delay, he
being under the command of Genl Hardee14 & may by that offi-
cer at any time be ordered to march his command to his - Hs
headquarters & this too at a time they might be more needed by
me. I will not trouble you with the details in this affair.
Cant you come up after you get thro- with your treaties.15 I
would like very much to see &8 confer with you about matters in
General on this border. It is impossible for me to pay that at-
tention to the Indian Regiments that I would like to, or that
they should have from their commander, & consequently will be
governed by your better judgement as to what ought to be done
in the primisses [premises].
I have authorized Col Stand Watie16 to raise a Reg of armed
men to assist me in guarding the Northern frontier of his nation
& to hold the neutral lands. In raising the Reg under Col Drew"
"xCamp Jackson was in northern Arkansas about two miles from Maysville.
12This was the capital of the Cherokee Nation.
xaThomas C. Hindman (1818-1868) had been an Arkansas congressman. He was
promoted through the grades to major general and served as the commander of the
Trans-Mississippi Department and as a division commander.
14William J. Hardee (1815-1873) was a graduate of West Point who had written
the famous textbook on tactics. He organized one of the first Arkansas brigades and
distinguished himself as a division and corps commander. He eventually achieved
the rank of lieutenant general.
IsPike had signed four treaties with the Indians up to this time. He signed three
more in October which completed this phase of his work.
x6Stand Watie (1806-1871) was a Cherokee and the only Indian to become a gen-
eral in the war. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army.
17John Drew was authorized to organize a regiment of Cherokees to fight for the
South when that tribe decided to cast its lot with the Confederacy.121
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