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Republic of Texas signs its last Indian treaty
On this day in 1845, the Republic of Texas concluded its last Indian
treaty. The agreement marked the end of the Tehuacana Creek Councils,
which began in the spring of 1843, when Jesse Chisholm helped convince a
number of Indian groups, including the Caddos, Tawakonis, Delawares,
Lipan Apaches, and Tonkawas, to meet on Tehuacana Creek near the Torrey
Brothers trading post south of present Waco. A second council met at
Fort Bird on the Trinity River in the fall of 1843. These councils
resulted in a peace treaty between the Republic and the Wacos, Caddos,
and other smaller groups, but the absence of the Comanches caused
President Sam Houston to call another council to meet at Tehuacana Creek
in April 1844. The April council convened without the Comanches, but by
October 9, 1844, Houston had negotiated a treaty with a part of the
southern Comanches, Kichais, Wacos, Caddos, Anadarkos, Hainais,
Delawares, Shawnees, Cherokees, Lipan Apaches, and Tawakonis. At the
November 1845 council the Wacos, Tawakonis, Kichais, and Wichitas agreed
to the treaty of October 9, 1844.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- TEHUACANA CREEK COUNCILS
- CHISHOLM, JESSE
- TORREY TRADING HOUSES
- HOUSTON, SAMUEL
- COMANCHE INDIANS
- CADDO INDIANS
- INDIAN RELATIONS
- REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
- TAWAKONI INDIANS
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