Editing Lenape (section)

=====State of Texas=====

In 1845, the Republic of [[Texas]] agreed to annexation by the US to become an American state. The Lenape continued their peaceful policy with the Americans and served as interpreters, scouts, and diplomats for the US Army and the [[Indian Bureau]]. In 1847, [[John Meusebach]] was assisted by Jim Shaw (a Lenape), in settling the German communities in the [[Texas Hill Country]]. For the remainder of his life, Shaw worked as a military scout in West Texas. In 1848, John Conner (Lenape) guided the [[Chihuahua-El Paso Expedition]] and was granted a league of land by a special act of the Texas legislature in 1853. The expeditions of the map maker Randolph B. Marcy through West Texas in 1849, 1852, and 1854 were guided by [[Black Beaver]] (Lenape).

In 1854, despite the history of peaceful relations, the last of the Texas Lenape were moved by the American government to the [[Brazos Indian Reservation]] near [[Graham, Texas]]. In 1859 the US forced the remaining Lenape to remove from Texas to a location on the [[Washita River]] in the vicinity of present [[Anadarko, Oklahoma]].<ref name="Lipscomb"/>