The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 58, July 1954 - April, 1955 Page: 45
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The Expedition of Major Neighbors to El Paso in 1849 45
the night every time a twig snapped, but Sullivan slept "like a
log." The women and children were sent away before daybreak,
while the white men were kept in camp until the sun was two
hours high.88
On April 2, 1849, Sanaco's camp on the Colorado was reached.
His camp was near the mouth of Spring Creek, which is about
twelve miles in a direct line above the confluence of the San
Saba and Colorado rivers. This was the site of the battle where
the Comanches defeated Colonel John H. Moore in 1839. Besides
the band of Sanaco at the camp, Yellow Wolf's band was present,
as well as a part of Buffalo Hump's.39
Shanaco was a plain, matter of fact man. He was very kind to us
-sending us venison, and doing us other favors. When he talked to
a man he looked him in the face. He said at one time he thought
he would never make peace with the Texians. "They killed my
father. I did all I could to avenge him. I have buried the hatchet."
Maj. Neighbors said Shanaco's father was killed in the affair at
San Antonio which was caused by a mistake on the part of the
Comanches.40
Unexpected opposition to the expedition was encountered at
Sanaco's camp. Sanaco had been told by Major Collinson R.
Gates at the post at Fredericksburg that the general government
planned to open a road through the Comanche range, that settle-
ments would be made on the Concho and other points, and that
"a railroad would in a short while be constructed from the coast
of Texas to Chihuahua." When the head men heard this, they
opposed the making of an expedition through their territory.
Buffalo Hump, as a result of this development and other argu-
ments, returned part of his pay as guide, and declined to accom-
pany the party farther. After three days of negotiations, Neighbors
was finally able to persuade the chiefs to allow Guadalupe, the
captain of one of the bands, to accompany him as guide. But he
"exhausted every art of persuasion, and succeeded more by appeal-
ing to their cupidity than otherwise."41 Guadalupe was accom-
panied by his married sister and her female companion.
88Ibid., 508.
s9Ibid., 511.
4olbid.
41Neighbors to Harney, June 4, 1849. R. W. D. L. R.
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