THE AUSTIN :PAPERS 177 I have adch:essed a short note to the Alcalde at San Felipe on the subject of the expected election·at this place which is very much wished for and. necdetl as -,vcll for the Organization of the Militia as that of a. civil officer in this place which I hope you will urge as soon as possible, -as our Sn.foty greatly depends on- a well Organized Militia. Om·· plnce-is strenghening fast, Mr. Lockhart has arrived in the Bay of .Aransas-with 55 souls men women and Children bound for this place·; he himself has been up and .returned to the Bay with W aggons Carts and horses for their tra.nsportation; and will arrive jn a few days- I would be happy to hear from you; often and get the news of the day, and have your opinion on the best means and measures in case the Indians should prove·hostile. · G. DE1V1Tr •[Rubric] Col Stephen F Austin AUSTIN TO w. C. CARR
San Felipe de Austin 4 J}ifarch 1829
Copy to W. C. Carr
Mr DEAR Sm,
Since my last, which I beleive was in October, I have had a final settlement of accounts ,vith A. Butler and have paid him upwards of two thousand doll:;1.rs, and arranged the balance in three pay- ments in 1831. 32. and 33.- The interest was all exacted to a cenl and in some instances compounded, which his ca.used tlrn debt to a.cc:'t1mulate very mu.ch. I still owe considerably over four thou- sand dollars on it- this has been a cruel affair and has harrassed me very much, more than any event of my life ever dici, I hope it is done with- Enclosed I send you an order to the ·c1erk of Jefferson county to enter satisfaction ' on the judgement against Bryan·and My Father which I wish done, provided it cannot in any manner .be construed.as implicating me, by construction, as having assumed the payment of ·debts generally due by Bryan and ¥Y Father unless where I am individually bound as· was the case in this debt- • The prospects.of this country ~re brightening very rapidly and emigrants of the most respectable character are flocking ·to it. I_>erseverance and time have removed the obstacles that impeded the settlement of Texas when I commenced. It . was · then a total wilderness, destitute of resources, infested by hostile Indians and without an organised Government and the real value of the Coun- try unlmown, or very generally doubted. When I look back nt the ~ubstantial impediments, that were calculated to retard or totally
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