By the President of the Republic of Texas

Proclamation

To all and singular to whom
these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas, a treaty of peace and
friendship between the Republic
of Texas and the Delaware, Chicka-
saw, Waco, Tah-woc-cany, Keechi, Cad-
-do, Ana-dah-kah, Ionie, Biloxi,
and Cherokee tribes of Indians, was
concluded and signed at Bird’s Fort,
on the Trinity River, on the twenty
ninth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hun-
=dred and forty three, by G.W. Terrell and
E.H. Tarrant, Commissioners on the part
of the Republic of Texas, and certain
chiefs, Headmen and warriors of the tribes
of Indians aforesaid, on the part of said
Tribes; which treaty is, in the following words,
to wit:
A Treaty of Peace and Friend-
=ship, Between the Republic of Texas,
and the Delaware, Chickasaw, Waco,
Tah-woc-cany, Keechi, Caddo, Ana-Dah-
kah, Ionie, Biloxi, and Cherokee tribes
of Indians, concluded and signed at