. The Comanche, Kiowa, Apache tribes occasionally raided the weaker
             tribes. In the 1820's, Eastern Cherokees allied with another small tribe and moved to the eastern bank of the Brazos opposite the big spring where the Waco Indian Village was located. The Cherokee soon drove the Waco Indians out of the area and the Texas militia drove out the Cherokee in 1837 under the command of Generals Rusk and Burleson (Simpson 3). Although the idea was to rid the Texas territory of all Native Americans, some small band of Comanche continued to raid the area until the late 1850's. Some of the more peaceful Indians, such as the Delaware, continued to camp in the area through the Civil War period (Simpson 3).
             A man named Boyd constructed the first house built by a white settler in McLennan County, in 1834. The house was located four
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