THE AUSTIN PAPERS 175 mission merits and no more, and further I would observe we wish the great favour which the Mexican government has though[t] fit to bestow upon us in granting-us land to be caried into effect without being contaminated with foul hands, I should not have said any thing on this subject had it not been for the great industry, intr~ague and management with which some petitions of sale has I am in- formed, have been goten up and Subscribers obtained • JNo A. ,V"ILLµus [Rubric]
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Gonzales March 3 rd 1829 Dn Sm The indians have been commiting some outrages on the people of this colony, by killing a few hogs and stealing one horse; and robed the camp of some men who .wer.e sawing some plank 3 miles above this place on the Guadalupe River-_the hogs were stolen below--0n the River, by the Tankawas-, horse was stolen l;>y the cados and taken from them again on the waters of the St Marcus by a party of 19 men which I sent after them. the Camp above men- tioned was robed by the Tawaccanies-of about $100 worth of Tools-- I sent a party of men out to find their course-after a march of 4 days on foot--they returned and reported that there were four in number-when they commitecl the theft, but were joined by about 25 more at the Cappoto-nnd berit their course for La.Bahia, and crossed the San Antonio road 24 miles west of this place-I raised a party of-17 men besides myself and followed them _within about 15 miles of LaBahia finding on their trail parts of saws which they had broken which convinced us they were the same indians there they had fallen in with a bout 40 more who had been encamped there during the last Storm, on that evening we struck their trail on their way from LaBahia with a Caviard of a bout 50 horses.-! put three spies ahead with orders to report should they see any Indians in a bout one hour, one of the spies discovered an Indian- riding down from a prairie hill; when he broke in to full speed with- out reporting what he bad seen-he was too far ahead to hear me :when I ordered him to keep order-consequently he went on and those who ha.d good horses went on-others whose horses were tired were a mile behind-when I arrived there were five men on the grqund-and them scatered for the distance of two hundred yards- I ordered them tp form in a small bunch of muskeet trees in about 100 yards of the Indian h9rses-4 men besides myself formed there- when Capt McCoy who was in the rear of me order a retreat to better ground, and reported that the Indians were a bout to cut off
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