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The Treaty of Bird's Fort between the Republic of Texas and several native tribes is signed on September 29, 1843, at Bird's Fort in present-day Arlington, Texas.
Article XI of the treaty provides that no one may "pass the line of trading houses" (at the border of the natives' territory) without permission of the President of Texas, and may not reside or remain in the natives' territory.
These "trading houses" will later be established at the junction of the Clear Fork and West Fork of the Trinity River in present-day Fort Worth.
At this river junction, the U.S. War Department will establish Fort Worth in 1849 as the northernmost of a system of ten forts for protecting the American Frontier following the end of the Mexican–American War.
The treaty is intended to end years of hostilities and warfare between the natives and the white settlers in Texas.
The full title of the treaty is "Republic of Texas Treaty with the Indigenous Nations of the Delaware, Chickasaw, Waco, Tawakani, Keechi, Caddo, Anadahkah, Ionie, Biloxi, and Cherokee."
Article XI of the treaty provides that no one may "pass the line of trading houses" (at the border of the natives' territory) without permission of the President of Texas, and may not reside or remain in the natives' territory.
These "trading houses" will later be established at the junction of the Clear Fork and West Fork of the Trinity River in present-day Fort Worth.
At this river junction, the U.S. War Department will establish Fort Worth in 1849 as the northernmost of a system of ten forts for protecting the American Frontier following the end of the Mexican–American War.
The treaty is intended to end years of hostilities and warfare between the natives and the white settlers in Texas.
The full title of the treaty is "Republic of Texas Treaty with the Indigenous Nations of the Delaware, Chickasaw, Waco, Tawakani, Keechi, Caddo, Anadahkah, Ionie, Biloxi, and Cherokee."
The settlement of Fort Worth, Texas, is established by the U.S. Army in 1849, as the northernmost of a system of forts for protecting the American Frontier following the end of the Mexican–American War.
The City of Fort Worth continues to be known as "where the West begins."
A line of seven army posts had been established in 1848–49 after the Mexican War to protect the settlers of Texas along the western American Frontier and includes Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln, and Fort Duncan.
Originally ten forts had been proposed by Major General William Jenkins Worth, who commanded the Department of Texas in 1849.
In January 1849, Worth had proposed a line of tenforts to mark the western Texas frontier from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River.
One month later, Worth died from cholera in South Texas.
General William S. Harney had assumed command of the Department of Texas and had ordered Major Ripley A. Arnold (Company F, Second United States Dragoons) to find a new fort site near the West Fork and Clear Fork.
On June 6, 1849, Arnold, advised by Middleton Tate Johnson, establishes a camp on the bank of the Trinity River and names the post Camp Worth in honor of the late General Worth.
The City of Fort Worth continues to be known as "where the West begins."
A line of seven army posts had been established in 1848–49 after the Mexican War to protect the settlers of Texas along the western American Frontier and includes Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln, and Fort Duncan.
Originally ten forts had been proposed by Major General William Jenkins Worth, who commanded the Department of Texas in 1849.
In January 1849, Worth had proposed a line of tenforts to mark the western Texas frontier from Eagle Pass to the confluence of the West Fork and Clear Fork of the Trinity River.
One month later, Worth died from cholera in South Texas.
General William S. Harney had assumed command of the Department of Texas and had ordered Major Ripley A. Arnold (Company F, Second United States Dragoons) to find a new fort site near the West Fork and Clear Fork.
On June 6, 1849, Arnold, advised by Middleton Tate Johnson, establishes a camp on the bank of the Trinity River and names the post Camp Worth in honor of the late General Worth.