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Chero;-ees and entreated them for aid.22
Another prominc- t Cherokee, Chief Simpson, lived in a
village about two hundred yards north of Simpson Creek, about
seventy-five yards north of the old Dixie Highway, and about
one ;-ale east of the present town of Winona.23
A last stand w1,s made by the Cherokees in Texas on the
west bank of the Colorado River on December 25, 1P39. Were
General Burleson attacked a party of Cherokees and put them
to flight, despite the fact that it appeared that the Indians
did not viish to fight. John Bowles, son of Chief Powles, was
killed and many Indians were taken prisoner. It was found
out frcm the captives that they were seeking a haven in
iMexico. The few who escaped joined their other tribesmen in
Indian Territory.
Thus the vexing question with regard to the semi-civilized
Indians i,'is settled, and there could be no further
hindrn.ce to surveyors end settlements on their fine lands.
To suin up the question here is a quotation frm a speech
of General Sam Houston delivered in the United States Senate,
January 29, 1S55:
The Cherokees had ever been friendly and when
r'exas was in consternation, the men and women were
fugitives from themyrmidons of Santa Anna who were
sweeping over Texas lixe a simoon. They had aided our
people and this was their recompense. They were driven
from their homes and left desolate.24
~'2Ii&., p. 194. 2Ibid., p. 196.
!4Ibid., p. 201.
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