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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The signing of the Meusebach-Comanche Peace Treaty |
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is an important chapter in the story of Texas, and it is indeed |
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appropriate to reflect on the impact of that landmark event; and |
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WHEREAS, In the mid-1840s, John O. Meusebach, commissioner |
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general of the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in |
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Texas, acquired headrights to property in the Fisher-Miller Land |
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Grant, which included more than three million acres of land between |
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the Llano and Colorado Rivers; the grant stipulated that the land |
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had to be settled and surveyed by the fall of 1847, requiring the |
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settlers to reach an agreement with the Comanches, who occupied |
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much of the territory; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Meusebach along with a delegation of settlers |
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set out from Fredericksburg in early 1847 en route to Comanche |
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territory, where they planned to broker a deal with the |
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inhabitants; that March, he met with head chiefs Buffalo Hump, |
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Santa Anna, and Mopechucope and their tribe, offering gifts worth |
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$3,000 in exchange for the guaranteed safety of surveyors and |
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colonists; agreeing to those terms, the chiefs traveled to |
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Fredericksburg, and on May 9, they signed the Meusebach-Comanche |
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Treaty; and |
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WHEREAS, The historic document opened an expansive region for |
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settlement and established domestic tranquility between colonists |
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and Native Americans, and the long-standing pact continues to be an |
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inspiring example of goodwill and coexistence; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize May 9, 2015, as Meusebach-Comanche |
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Peace Treaty Day at the State Capitol and pay tribute to the |
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collaborative work between John O. Meusebach and the Comanche |
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chiefs. |
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Miller of Comal |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 566 was adopted by the House on March |
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5, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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