[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 145 (Thursday, October 8, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2491]
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     HONORING CHIEF WILLIAM ``DUB'' WARRIOR OF BRACKETTVILLE, TEXAS

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                         HON. CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 8, 2009

  Mr. RODRIGUEZ. Madam Speaker, I am honored to rise today to recognize 
Chief William ``Dub'' Warrior of Brackettville, Texas, a Historian and 
Seminole-Negro Indian descendent of the John Horse Band, and 
commemorate the distinguished service and loyalty of the Seminole-Negro 
Indian Scouts to the United States Army.
  Following the Civil War, the Army was called into west Texas to 
defend settlements and travelers against retaliation raids from 
displaced Apache and Comanche Indians. However, they lacked the ability 
to track down and stop them. The Army needed experienced Indian 
fighters who knew the rugged terrain and were as skilled as their 
opponents at surviving and fighting in the desert borderlands. Thus, in 
1870 the fearless Seminole-Negro Indians were recruited from Mexico as 
U.S. Army scouts. They were highly regarded and praised by their 
commanders for being excellent trackers, hunters and marksmen, and 
experts at hand-to-hand combat. During twenty-six expeditions they 
engaged in twelve battles without losing a single scout, and their 
bravery earned four scouts the Congressional Medal of Honor.
  Therefore Madam Speaker it is my great pleasure to rise and announce 
in honor of these esteemed persons that the greater Washington, DC 
chapter of the 9th and 10th Horse Calvary Association, in partnership 
with the Army Freedom Team Salute and St. Elizabeth's Hospital of 
Washington, DC, has planned a Seminole-Negro Indian Recognition 
Ceremony for today, Friday, October 9, 2009 in the St. Elizabeth's 
Hospital Chapel. Chief William ``Dub'' Warrior will be the keynote 
speaker for this event. He is the descendant of Tony Warrior, who 
collaborated with and assisted John Horse, leader of the Seminole-Negro 
Indians, in the movement of their tribe from Indian Territory to 
slavery-prohibited Mexico. Chief Warrior's grandfather, Carolina 
Warrior, and great grandfather, Bill Warrior, were members of the 
revered U.S. Army scouts.

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