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great captain to the cast, and my Texan friend can bear the glad 

 tidings to the south. 



" I have nothing else to say ; but I do implore the Great Spirit to 

 bear witness that it is my fond wish that war and trouble for ever 

 cease between us." 



NATCHITOCHES. 



so. 



CHO-WEE, OR THE BOW. 



(Painted 1843.) 



Principal Chief of the Natchitoches. This man had a brother 

 killed by the Texans, some four or five years since, while on a hunt- 

 ing expedition, whose death he afterwards avenged by taking the 

 scalps of six Texans. 



TOWOCCONIES. 



81. 



KEECHE-KA-ROOKI, or THE MAN WHO WAS NAMED BY 

 THE GREAT SPIRIT. 



(Painted 1844.) 



Principal Chief of the Towocconies, and acknowledged Chief of 

 the allied tribes of Texas. 



