Lasting Friendship - Fredericksburg, TX
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N 30° 16.594 W 098° 52.336
14R E 512284 N 3349437
John O. Meusebach and Comanche Chief Santana smoking a peace pipe May 9, 1847.
Waymark Code: WMQ731
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2016
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The treaty's provisions allowed Meusebach's settlers to go unharmed into the Comancheria, and the Penateka Comanche to go to the white settlements.
The original Meusebach-Comanche treaty document was returned to Texas from Germany in 1970 by Mrs. Irene Marschall King, the granddaughter of John Meusebach. The document was presented to the Texas State Library in 1972, where it remains on display. The Treaty is one of the few pacts with Native Americans that was never broken.
The near life size bronze statue by J. Hester of this historic treaty was created in 1997.
URL of the statue: Not listed
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