Today in Chickamauga History - October 18

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February 10, 2025
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Today in Chickamauga History - October 18

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1770, October 18: Treaty of Lochaber with John STUART, British Superintendent for Southern Indian Affairs, ceding land in Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky.

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1842, October 18: LIFE AND SELECT LITERARY REMAINS OF SAM HOUSTON, OF TEXAS – Page 335 -
To the Red Bear and Chiefs of the Council : My Brothers :—The path between us is open; it has become white. We wish it to remain open, and that it shall no more be stained with blood. The last Council took brush out of our way. Clouds hang no longer over us, but the sun gives light to our footsteps. Darkness is taken away from us, and we can look at each other as friends. I send councilors with my talk. They will give it to you. Hear it, and remember my words. I have never opened my lips to tell a red brother a lie. My red brothers, who know me, will tell you that my counsel has always been for peace ; that I have eaten bread and drank water with the red men. They listened to my words and were not troubled. A bad chief came in my place, and told them lies and did them much harm. His counsel was listened to, and the people did evil. His counsel is no more heard, and the people love peace with their red brothers. You, too, love peace ; and you wish to kill the buffalo for your women and children. There are many in Texas, and we wish you to enjoy them. We are willing that your women and children should be free from harm. 336 Houston"1s Literary Remains. Your Great Father, and ours of the United States, wishes the red men and the people of Texas to be brothers. He has written to me, and told me that you wanted peace, and would keep it. Because peace is good, we have listened to him. You, too, have heard his wishes, and you know the wishes of our red brothers on the Arkansas. Let us be like brothers, and bury the tomahawk forever. Bad men make trouble : they can not be at peace ; but when the water is clear they will disturb it and make it muddy. The Mexicans have lately come to San Antonio and brought war with them ; they killed some of our people, and we killed and wounded many of them. We drove them out of the country; they fled in sorrow. If they come back again they shall no more leave our country, or it will be after they have been taken prisoners. Their coming has disturbed us ; and for that reason I can not go to the Council to meet you, as I had intended. But my friends that I send to you will tell you all things, and make a treaty with you that I will look upon and rejoice at. You will counsel together. They will bring me all the words that you speak to them. The Great Spirit will hear the words that I speak to you, and He will know the truth of the words that you send to me. When truth is spoken His countenance will rejoice; but before him who speaketh lies, the Great Spirit will place darkness, and will not give light to his going. Let all the red men make peace; let no man injure his brother ; let us meet every year in council, that we may know the heart of each other. I wish some of the chiefs of my red brothers to come and see me at Washington. They shall come in peace, and none shall make them afraid. The messenger from the Queen of England and the messenger from the United States are both in Texas, and will be in Washington, if they are not sick. They will be happy to see my brothers. If the Big Mush is in council he has not forgotten my words; and he knows my counsel was always that of a brother; and that I never deceived my red brothers, the Cherokees. They had much trouble and sorrow brought upon them, but it was done by chiefs whose counsel was wicked, and I was far off and could not hinder the mischief that was brought upon his people. Our great council is to meet within one moon and I will send a talk to our agent at the trading-house, who will send it to my red brothers. Let the war-whoop be no more heard in our prairies—let songs of joy be heard upon our hills. In our valleys let there be laughter and in our wigwams let the voices of our women and children be heard—let trouble be taken away far from us; and when our warriors meet together, let them smoke the pipe of peace and be happy.
Your brother, Sam Houston.
https://archive.org/details/lifeselectlitera00cran/page/334/mode/2up

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1863, October 18:  Stand WATIE burned John ROSS’ Plantation Home, Rose Cottage, located in the Indian Territory to the ground.  ROSS rebuilt a home after 1866.  
QUESTION:  Did Jefferson DAVIS order the burning of John ROSS’ home, after ROSS had met with and corresponded with Abraham LINCOLN?

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