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From: Jan Garland <>
Subject: Re: East Texas Indian Reservations?
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 18:53:22 -0800


Hi

I don't know about the reservations, but I knew a Tenaha Indian who told
me his people live in the area around the Big Thicket. And his wife was
mostly Cherokee and they met in that area, so there must be some
Cherokees around there, also.

By the way, if anyone knows anything else about the Tenaha (I hope I'm
spelling that right), I'd like to know more. My old friend, who is now
"gone", said that the Tenahas were blond-ish, blue-eyed Indians.

Jan

DAG wrote:
>
> Might try looking in the Hand Book of Texas, online through Texas State
> Historical Association. Cherokees had land in East Texas while Houston
> president. When Lamar became president, Cherokees driven out of East
> Texas and their chief, Chief Boles (sp?) was basically murdered.
> Interesting story. Houston extremely close to Cherokees, married into
> tribe for a time. His political benefactor, Andrew Jackson, forced the
> Cherokees off their and the other "Civilized Tribes" into Oklahoma.
> Texas president Mirebeau Lamar hated all Indians and did his best to
> drive them out of Texas. That is one reason why Texas has only two
> current reservations, the Alabama Coushatta in Livingston, and the Tigua
> Indians near El Paso.

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