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Gobn° determinara cua.ndo ha.bra Comisionados nombrados p" averi- guar y arreglar los asuntos de aquel distrito. El habitante de aqui Sor. Petus de que habla Gains niega posi- tivamente haber dicho lo que Gains le acusa; relativo a la pregunta que el dice que escribi '- Benjamin Edouards, Este Sor. me escribio sobre asuntos particulares y me pregunto que noticias habia, con- teste su carta y le enbie Copia del Art 0 13 de la Constitucion pro- puesta por la Comision. Esta es la verdadera historia de toda la materia. que Gains ha magnificado tan falsamente. Dios y Libertad. San Felipe de Austin 24 de Octubre de 1826. ESTEVAN F. AusTIN [Rubric] Exmo. Sor Vice Gob 0 r del Esta.do de Cuahuila y Texas C Victor Blanco
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Sn Carlos Octr 31 st 1826.
y Dr BROTHER. I arrived at this place on the 19 th inst. I found Dn Luciano ab- • nt,-but I immediately proceeded t.o his Rancho de la Luz. ( 4 Leagues from this) where he was. The old Banchero was much surprised, but overjoyed to see me :-After the usual salutations, inquiries after friends, Acquaintances, etc had passed, I made known the Object of my visit; he replied, that but one obstacle presented itself to prevent my taking in 12. M anad(J,8 :, or 300 head, (which is the numr he himself proposed)-That obstacle was the excessive drouth, that prevailed throughout this •section of the State, and which, had caused his herds to ramble to a great distance. After remaining at the Rancho three days, undetermined what to do, I found myself compelled to return t.o this place; as the water pool at the Rancho, was entirely exausted, and the animals were begin- ning to perish.-In this perplexity, I concluded to remain untill the arrival of the mail, and then start for the Brazos, with a view of returning in the Spring, or summer, as I had become fully con- vinced that an attempt to have taken in any number of horses at this time would have been attended with considerable loss- Dn Luciano informed me that it had not rained here for one year-While I remained in this state of suspence, the weather sud- denly changed, and in the short space of three howrs fell the most tremendous torrent of rain I ever witnessed; The water rushed from the Mountains with such impetuosity, that every thing was swept
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