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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
You will make a return to me ns soon as practicable of all your .proceedings San Felipe de Austin 13 Aµgust 1832 ' STEPHEN F. AUSTIN Col of the Battn. To Jessee Grimes Regidor of the Ayuntamento of Austin
MILTON et al. TO A usTIN
Tenosticland August 13th 1832
-~ri ' :Your fellow Sitizens of the upper Colony have fo inform you of the death of our valued friend and fellow Sitizen ]\fr H Read-who was found on Friday morning last-he was killed on thursday Even- ing ori his way from this place to his Father within one mile of the 'latter place This foul deed was commited by the Indians-the point of several arrows have been extracted from his body circumstances and facts which have since been discovered Leave ·but Little doubt of its having been done by the Ketchie tribe who have their Town about ;fifty miles distant from this place- Your fellow Sitizens feel it a duty which they ow to themselves as well as a duty to & departed friend to avenge this outrage on humanity We feel that •we have not a sufficient force to go and attact their Town and·d.rive them from our borders and respectfully Solisit the aid of our fellow Sitizens·of the Lower Colony to enable us to carry into effect this Mutch desired object we can start from fifteen to twenty men "l'fe are well informed the Ketchies have about seventy five fiting men we request you will Send to our aid sutch number of men as you may think necessary to effect our object We regret to say that the military force Stationed here has taken but Little interest in the matter and .we fear nothing is to be expected from them.. Your early attention and complyance will be recd as a Spec-favour
EnEL J\:ULTON. RADFORD BEnnY. Ji'.· SMITH. -WM. H. S?,(ITH. JOHN TEAL. THO:M.AS-.-- [iUegible]
Cols Cole and Austin
WILLIAM BARTON TO AusTIN;
August 14, 1832.
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