THE AUSTIN PAPERS 433 you this letter requesting you as a friend to the distressed and oppressed that should your influence be necessary for the forward- ing on of the Express or the protection of Don Gaspar Sais (Dicha Spnniard) should he ·come to Brazos, to use your influence in his behalf also if you see proper to write him a note promising your protection by the Express and by so doing procure a wealthy and respectable citizen in your Colony as she wishes to move on and join him in Septembre- yesterday arrived here above a hundred convicts destined for Texas condemned to three years labor on the public buildings that General Teran is going to Establish there (for vagrants) Report says here that you have notified the general that if he does not take 1mmediate steps to establish a military force in Tejas that there will be revolution in Nacogdoches Also that eighteen thousand spaniards have disembarked in Tejas and destroyed the :Military force of that Department the latter however is not believed Several Companies of troops have and are starting on to that point and an officer yesterday told me that they wefe going to "Empinar" the Americans in Tejas "muy pronto " There is a great deal said of the Spanish Expedition this fall Also that Bustamente is determined to stop the emigration of Americans to Tejas and even expulse those that are there however Teran speaks highly of you and your colony but does not yet lmow when he will start for Tejas you will oblige me by contesting [answering] this HORA TIO A. ALSBERRY [Addressed] Al C. Esteban F. Austin En 81rn Felipe Rio Brazos
AUSTIN TO TERAN
San Felipe de Austin 28 de Junio de 1830
Sor Dn. MANUEL DE MIER y TERAN .Muy APRECIABLE AMIGO DE l\II MAS ALTA coNSIDEnACION A las doce del dia de hayer recibi la muy apreciable de V. del 15 del presente mes. Antes de referirme a ·su contendio pido que V. me permita esplicar las circunstancins bajo las cuales escribi la mia del 18 de] po. po. Acabe de llegar a mi casa despues de unn aucencia de un mes en el campo con los agrimensores, encontre con el pueblo a.lborotndo e inquieto a causa de mil rumores falsos. Mi snlud era malissima, volvi a casa con la esperanza de poder dnscansar un poco, pero en lugar de descanso todo fue al contrario. Me pareci6 que ln ley de 6 de avril en su 10° ar 0 cubrio mi colonia, pero adverti que el oficio del Exmo Sor ministro de relaciones era muy terminante, de poner punto, a la ernigracion de norte Americanos sin ecsepcion, muchos de los
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