Ethan A. Stroud (1788–1846) was the Indian Commissioner on the

Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the we ...

frontier, circa 1842. Stroud established an Indian Trading post on the

Brazos River The Brazos River ( , ), called the ''Río de los Brazos de Dios'' (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 14th-longest river in the United States at from its headwater source at the head of Blackwater ...

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Bill for Two Commissioners December 19, 1842
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Texas Tides
1788 births 1846 deaths American pioneers {{Texas-bio-stub