The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 42, July 1938 - April, 1939 Page: 128
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This should be done at once, on the score of humanity as well as
to deter them from depredations on the whites for subsistence.
The reservations heretofore marked out have been very judi-
ciously and favourably done for the Indians. They have suitable
and convenient water and proportionate tracts of tillable and
pasture and wood lands.
On the borders of Texas at the north on the Red River is a
band of Wishitas, Indians who have been peaceable for the last
two years. And from the head of the Wishita to the head of the
Canadian are two bands of Comanches, the Tenawish and the
Niconie, who send when they please, war parties to commit depre-
dations on both the frontiers of Texas, and New Mexico, and
they trade with the New Mexicans at San Miguel and Anton Chico
and Mexican traders go among them. The Rio Grande forms the
Southern boundary of Texas. It is across this river at various
points that Smuggling is carried on, and bandits of both Indians
and Mexicans commit at times depredations. The population along
the river is limited and mostly of the Mexican race engaged in
raising stock. There are Americans at the different localities
such as Brownsville, Rio Grande City, Roma, Edinboro, etc., who
are engaged principally in trade. But little or no dependence can
be placed on this population as a community to preserve order
and enforce the laws, and repel the attacks of Bandits, and assist
the revenue officers, on an emergency in the discharge of their
duties, and to prevent revolutionary parties in armed bodies from
crossing into Mexico and then again taking refuge on our own
soil.
The number of Indian warriors may be safely estimated at
1/5 the number of souls.
NECESSITY OF THE MILITARY POSTS AND THE SUITABLENESS
OF THE SAME.
From the foregoing statement of the character of the population
of Texas, both wild and civilized: and the peculiar frontier at
the south and west and north. It is apparent that the troops of
the army are indispensable in this Department to protect the
peaceable inhabitants, and preserve our neutrality in all revolu-
tionary movements in Mexico for some years to come. To this
end the following posts already exist. The HeadQuarters of the128
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 42, July 1938 - April, 1939, periodical, 1939; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101107/m1/142/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.