The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 7, July 1903 - April, 1904 Page: 131
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The Cherokee Indians in Texas.
but the fact remains that there was a large increase of the Indian
population of eastern Texas, drawn chiefly from among the former
friends and allies of the Cherokeesz through the efforts and influ-
ence of Fields.
"In reply to your request for information concerning the emigra-
tion of savage Indians from the Republic of the North to the
Republic of Mexico," wrote Benjamin R. Milam to the commander
of the department of Texas, May 1, 1827, "I must say that on the
23rd of November last I arrived at the Red River of Natchitoches
near Pecan Point. . .. On my arrival I found the white
inhabitants of that part of the country, residents in the vicinity of
Pecan Point, greatly frightened by the immigration of a consider-
able number of Northern Indians to the south side of said River
into the territory of this Republic. Their numbers are increasing
daily from some unknown cause.
"I had an interview with the chiefs of the different tribes and
told them that they ought not to settle without the permission of
the Mexican government. They replied that Richard Fields had
summoned them, saying that he was vested with full powers to dis-
tribute the vacant lands of this country." . .
The officials at Nacogdoches and at San Antonio did not fail to
appreciate the dangerous character of this large semi-civilized
Indian population. They saw clearly that it added material of the
most inflammable nature to a section of country whose inhabitants
were already beyond the control of the authorities. They pointed
out to the superior officials that the emigrant Indians incurred the
hostility of the indigenous tribes by occupying their lands,2 and
that where this was not the case the former attempted to subject
the latter to their authority.3 They showed how easy it would be
for bad men to gain influence over these Indians, to incite them
against the government, and to unite them with the foreigners in
1B. R. Milam to Mateo Ahumada, May 1, 1827. Appendix to Empre-
sario Contracts, III 16. Translation.
'Commander of Texas to the commander of Coahuila, July 9, 1826.
Bexar Archives.
aPolitical chief to vice governor, July 9, 1826. Blotter for 1826, in
Bexar Archives.13i
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