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AMETIWAN RJSTOntCAL ASSOCIATION.
W1LL1All LAUGHLIN TO AUSTIN
Harrisburgh July 17 th , 1826
Coln AUSTIN Sir
John Kenney presented me with an order from you threw his Petition directing me to tnke S. C Hirams as bail on the order of atatchmentt against him in favour of Taylor wnrein your Honer directed a bond in the sum of ten hundred dollars wich Hirams Refused houghever after pestering me a clay or tcw I recived a sorte of Bond for delivery of the Property nltho not sattisfoctory I delivered up the Property in my Poseson Mr. Taylor not being sattis- fied Refused to deliver tew Cows and Calves which he had Promised to him some time since on account of Mr Bayles that he would not deliver-until he had got- his Pay then insude som hard worcles be- twixt the Pnrtys in wich Kenney adresing him self to Mrs Taylor cnld her a damned old --ware uppon Taylor seised his gun and swore he would shute him Kenney fled and thus Ended the Tragedy Kenney then in a bussel determined to senke Redress by a second application to your Honor Presentes me with a certificn tc stating . ~ sircumstnnces Reilitive to the proceding and lest it shoul not contain all and he mis Reppresent sircumstances I take this method to state to your Honor the facts yours humbel servant ,v .M. LAUGHLIN Col S F Aus1·1N
AUSTIN TO SAUCEDO l
I conceive it to be my duty to inform your Lordship, that, a few da.ys since, a party of about sixty Comanche and Tahuacano Indians. visited the settlement of the Empresario, Green De ,vitt. In the town of Gonzales in the Guadalupe, they killed one man nnd wounded another; they destroyed nil the furniture of Mr Kerr's house, and stole all the horses they could find. The settlers retreated to this Colony, not knowing what to·do; they had a certain quantity of corn sowed, and, but for this unfortunate occurrence, their Colony would be in a very thriving condition. Mr Kerr was absent at the time; so soon as he .heard of it he re- turned to Gonzales with a party of men from Colorado. The In- dians have disappeared, and he writes to me that he·will shortly go to Bexar, to make his report to your Lordship, in person. _• • God and Liberty • STEPHEN F. AusTrN. San Felipe de Aust.in, July 17th, 1826.
1 Translations trom Bexar Archives 1D Nacogdocllea Arclllves, Texas State Library.
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