Letter from Texas Indian agent, 1853 March 30.

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Letter from Texas Indian agent, 1853 March 30.

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Letter written from Fort Belkamo, Texas. Describes crimes committed by Wichita, Waco, and Keechi Indians against residents of Texas, including horse theft. Discusses meeting with Chief Kowaaka [sic] and Major H. H. Sibley to discuss theft. It goes on to describe the imprisonment of the Indians and then their escape, in which the Chief lost his life after killing one of the guards. The Chief also killed his wife and child. Mentions talks with a Comanche Chief Gatumsie [sic] and War Chief Aquaquosh [sic]. Letter is incomplete and therefore unsigned. Letter is accompanied by explanatory note by Alanson B. Skinner. The explanatory note attempts to guess at who the writer of the letter was. It cites a report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1853 that lists R. S. Neighbors as a special agent to the Indians in Texas. The note rules out Neighbors as the author and instead suggests that one of his subordinates, likely Jesse Stern, wrote the letter.

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Huntington Free Library

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Skinner, Alanson, 1886-1925

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Archaeologist. Skinner conducted research on Indians of Manhattan and Staten Islands, the Iroquois, and the Menomini and was associated with the American Museum of Natural History and later the Milwaukee Public Museum. From the description of Field notes, 1918-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155481252 ...

Sibley, Henry Hopkins, 1816-1886

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Henry Hopkins Sibley (1816-1886) served in the U.S. Army during the "Utah War" of 1857-1858, and later was the commander of the Confederate expedition sent to seize New Mexico and Arizona during the Civil War - he was defeated at Glorieta Pass. From the description of Henry Hopkins Sibley, 1859. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 368054025 ...

Keeche Tribe

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Neighbors, Robert Simpson, 1815-1859

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Indian agent. From the description of Letters of Robert Simpson Neighbors, 1846-1847. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452667 Born in Virginia, Indian agent Robert Simpson Neighbors (1815-1859) arrived in Texas in 1836. He enlisted in the Texas Army, attaining the rank of captain and title of acting quartermaster. Joining the Texas Rangers, Neighbors served under John C. Hays, when General Adrián Woll imprisoned the company in Mexico in 1842. Following his relea...