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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
oppertunity and urge him to come on. The mail leaves here to morrow, and I somewhat expect I shall do so too; but I cannot say when I shall be able to get to San felipe. You will perceive from reading this that my mind is too weak and, Ideas too scattering to write. A few nights ago I Dreamd, that the last object of my hopes was laid beneath the Sod on the Gloomy hill in the prairie near San felipe: This with other difficulties keeps me in DeS'f)air My Respects to Mr & Mrs pettes also Mrs Williams and Wightman JAlIES KERR [Addressed:] Al Tente Coron!. Estevan F. Austin. En Sn. Felipe de Austin ELIAS R. WIGHTllAN TO AUSTIN The Petition of the undersigned respectfully REPRESENT, that haveing removed to this country, with an intention of settling in it 1ermanently as one of the settlers which you are authorized to intro- uce, as Empresario, He has examined a piece of land on the east Side ,f the Rio Colorado, being near its mouth and being the extremity of the high Prairie; and the most suitable place for the landing of families, who emigrate, by water, to that part of the country. At this time there are no settl~ments of any kind, at, or near, the said landing-place, which render it both dangerous, and inconvenient for Emigrants to disembark there; dangerous, in consequence of ex- posure to the Karonkawa Indians, who are hostile, and infest that part of the Bay-Shore, Inconvenient oweing to the want of Houses, to receive Emigrants, and store up their property, on this first land- ing. In consequence of which many are detered from emigrating to that part of the country-A number of my friends, and acquain- tances and particularly H. H. League, James C. Ludlow who have explored the country, and entered into ·arrangements, with you as Empresario for their reception as settlers together with a number of other families, whom they expect to bring have a desire to land at the above mentioned place provided suitable buyldings, can be provided for the security of their families, and, products and they have requested me to erect, such necessary buyldings provided it meets with the approbation of the constituted local authority of the Gov- ernment. Therefore your Petitioner prays permission to occupy said place for the above purposes and that a grant of one League of land may be made to him at said place, to erect such buyldings as he may put
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