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THE AUSTIN PAPERS
you have yet sent for will be forwarded. The 12 pounder is on the way, the 18 pounder is also by this time on the way. The 6 pounder from Mata- gorda left several days since by water for La Baca, intended for La Bahia. We have only time to say that should you require the aid of the Volunteers from the United States, you will order them from Goliad to San Antonio. The troops expected now from Louisiana will be directed to meet you at Bexar. R. R. ROY ALL Presd [Addressed :] Genl S. F. Ausin Head Quarters Mr Baker
SILAS DINSMORE TO PERRY
[Quintana, October 30, 1835. See Calendar.]
PHILIP DIMMITT TO AUSTIN
Fort Goliad, Oct. 30 th • 1835.
To GEN. STEPH~N F. AusTIN, Com. in Ch. of the Army of the People, DEAR SIR,
Sin.::e the date of my last (28th inst.) by hands of Maj. Geo. So·utherland, who left this on that day, in charge of the teams, dispatched to Head Quar- ters with provisions, events have transpired here which call for a free and full exposition. On the receipt of yours of the 23d ins. prohibiting any volunteer the option of leaving this fortress without permission from the Commandt., under the penalty of being reported and published a deserter, it was pub- lickly read on parade to the men under my command. On some, it had a salutary effect, and produced a cha~ge of purpose, highly favoarable to the success of the campaign. On others, it either had no effect, or, if any, a very different one, froin that intended. Yesterday, three officers, Dr. Erwin, Surgeon; Lieut. Da".id M. Collins- worh, and Lieut. A. H. Jones; and three privates, Milton Hicks, Edward B. Wooten and --Atkinson, mustered and left this fortress, not only without permission, but in open contempt of the general order above quoted, and took up the line of march for Head Quarters, near Bexar. This occurred about 4 o. c. in the afternoon; and a little after 9 in the evening, five of the party returned, and four, Lieut. Jones, Woottin, Hicks, and Atkinson, came into the fortress, reporting the loss of one of their number-Lieut. Collins- worth. Not considering themselves under my command, no official report was made to me. Their verbal statement, however, is, that they were fired on by a party, lying in ambush by the road side-that the fire was instantly succeeded by a shrill yell, at which their horses were greatly alarmed-one
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