Despite the involvement of some Cherokee and the discovery of documents intended for Chief Bowl , Houston believed the chief 's denials and refused to order them arrested . In his several letters of reassurance to The Bowl during the unrest , Houston again promised them title to their land on the Neches River . Warriors believing their lands to be violated by the legal settlers then perpetrated the October 1838 Killough massacre , killing eighteen people
Killough massacre
Killough massacre
Córdova Rebellion