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Cant. Gibson, Octr 29th 1831
Sir
Agreeable to your request and that of the chiefs of the Western Creeks, in council assembled a few days since. I have to state that Col. D. Brearly arrived at this post in the early part of
May 1827 with a delegation of Creek Indians for the purpose of selecting a tract of country for that nation
agreeable to treaty; and at the request of Col. Brearly I was ordered by Col. Arbuckle to accompany the party, which proceeded up the Arkansas river about sixty miles on the north side, then crossed and passed west of south to the main Canadian, thence down this river to the road at that time
traveled from this place to Cant. Towson by which we returned, the Indians expressed their entire satisfaction with the tract viewed
and particularly that part on the Canadian and its tributaries where they wished to settle. On the arrival of the first Emigrating Party, safety as well as
convenience to the Government in furnishing them with supplies induced them to
make their first location north of the Arkansas river, it is but just to say
they looked to the alternate a---pany of that portion on the Canadian and its
waters.
I am with much respect Yo. Obt. Servt.
-- Baylor Asst. Survr.?
U. S. Army
To
Genl. John Campbell
Agt. Western Creeks
at the Agency