THE AUSTIN PAPER$. 1321 ply, he took her shoes off her feet; She then began to halloo for me, upon which he let her go and said amigo; not understanding him she kept on to the field; I immediately went to the house but the Indians were gone and had left her shoes in the yard April 27, 1826 signed C. DYER." "We certify that a few days previous to the late affair with the Tonkuas, a party of them came to our camp and stole upwards of five bushels of corn which lay at a short distance from the camp; they also took a few pounds of meat, cut up too gunrods and two strait edges that were used in hewing, and carried off a whet stone; the meat might possibly have been destroyed by vermin but the other things could have been taken by nothing Lut the Indians May 2, 1826 signed AND. RAilD Trros. J. Rann." . I certify that the above certificate of And. and Thos..J. Rabb in regard to the conduct of the.Indians at their camp is correct. May_2, 1826 (Signed) JOHN lNG.IL\U [Endorsed by Austin:] rel~tive to·the attack on the Tonkaways on Peach Creek.
MATEO AHU.l\[ADA TO AUSTIN l
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Convicne mucho a la Republicn Mejicana escnrmentar fornialmt• ii los Tahuacanos y Huecos, y p:i ello es necesario batirlos en sus mismos Pueblos, q. V. y yo obremos convinados en terminos •q_. una accion de armas decidida en ntra favor sea el resultndo de ln em~ presa. En tal concepto suspendera V. pr nhorn toclo movimit 0 hostil contra los Ynclios refericlos, y se serviri1. clecirme 6. vuelta de correo, qual es In. fuerza q. puede reunir p• esta expedicion y punto donde nos devemos encontrar, en 1n. inteligcncia q. y6 saldre de ,nqui. con ·250 hombres, y q 0 esto devera efectuarse 6. lo mas tarde en toda. Julio veniclero, procurando V. pr su parte con el -mayor secreto, y disimulo, tomar las noticas q• pueda respecto a la situacion local ,de los- dos citndos Pueblos, y qtas· crea convinientes al cit.ado objeto, •en la inteligencia q. he clado aviso n la Coma Gral de esta convinncion. Bejar 4 de n1ayo/826 Sr. T. 'c. D. Es.tevan Austin. [AnmrAnA.]
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