THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 1315 11 The Private or secret correspondential Letters or answers from a R Catholic Clergyman to another of the Church 0£ England by a few Dozens 12 The R. C. Ministerial Ceremonial, or a work explaining the Church service (in english) if to be had. A few Dozens •13 Ancient Canons or Discipline of the R. C. Church. A few volumes. 14 The Martirology or some small abreaged histories of the Martyrs if to be had A few Dozens. ' 15 Some few abreaged Lives of the Saints So many Dozens 1G The approuved roman Catholic english Bible with the appoc- ripha. and N cw testaments, both of the Roman vulgate. of the big or small size, so many Grosses etc - • and with some others R. C. religious Books as some of the anglo- american roman C. Ecclesiastical authority would recommend- ut supra jam dictum est, as above said- Yours &c JUAN FRANCISCO BucHETTI
AUSTIN TO MATEO AHUMADA 1
My communication of the 6 th • Instant, acquainted you with 11,n attack made on the 3 rd by the Militia of the Colorado upon the. Tahuacanos. In consequence of that occurrence I sent three spies to the Yillages of these Indians under the pretext of trading. The situation in which they found them induces the belief that they con- template no serious attempt against these Establishments at present; but that some small parties may come to the Colorado, for the pur- pose of aYenging their late defeat; the unavoidable result of which would be an open war with them. The scattered state of the popula- tion and their exposed and perilous situation, are, by no means, favor- able circumstances in the event of a protracted conflict; the colonial militia being our soJe resource for active service, and the men hav- ing to support their families by their labor; so that to detain them in the field any length of time ,vould ruin them. This considera- tion has induced me to attempt to confine the war to one campaign. Therefore I am making eve.ry arrangement my situation will permit for a simultaneous attack on the thre~ Tahuacano villages, that of the Wacoes on the Brazos and that of the Tahuiases on Red River. My reduced resources and my duty to the Country, as well ns the Colonists who have settled this wilderness under my •patronage, Tequire thnt I should avail myself of every means for the successful conduct of the 1 TrnnslntlonR from Bexar Archives In Nacogdoches Archives, Te~as State Llbrnry. Tbe orlglnnl la 111 the Bexar Archives, and a copy la lt1 Austin's Blotter, In file ot August :?6, 182 •.
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