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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
AonEEl'rIENT CoNOERNINO A MINING CLAIM
May 5, 1829.
See Calendar.
GnEEN DE '1VrrT TO RAMON 1\1:uzQmz
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DEAR Sm I feel it my duty to inform you that there is and has lately been a very considerable quantity of contraband passed on in the Direction of Bejar and I beleave both l\foxicans and Americans are ingaged in that traffic- There are two roads formed within a few months which cross the Guadaluop below this place one about a league, and the other about three leagues below this Town- I have no troops at my command-and therefore it is out of my power to detect it without it should come through this town which they always avoid- This contraband is not owned by people under my Jurisdiction; neither do they wish it to pass through this neighbor- hood, least they should be blamed for incouraging it; And you well remember the censure which has been thrown on me at the Labaca on account of contraband of which I never took any part- And now again passing so near me compells me to give you this informa- tion; and hope there may be mean[s] taken to prevent its coming through our vicinity The threats of the Indians I fear will greatly retard the settling of the country; but should a Campaign be sent against them in a properly manner I think there can be an end put to them at once. Could a few troops be :furnished us at this time, it would greatly add to the settling of the colony, and there by strengthen the country. I would be truly happy to recieve a line from you respecting the Indians and the probability of our geting some troops at this place etc. Five days ago another family arrived here from Missouri; consist of a man and his wife and seYen children. We have now in the Colony thirty families. GREEN DEWITT [Rubric] Gonzalez 8 th of may 1829. His Excellency Ramon l\fuzquiz Chief of the Department of Texas
GREEN DEWITT •.ro RAMON l\fuzQu1z
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DE~ Sm,. On last ~vening a man by the name of J esa McCoy who 1s a resident of this colony who has been with the Comanches
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