THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 1501 delivered the said piece of money to Isaac Foster in order to de1iver the same to John Foster for the purpose of purchasing a steel mill for depont-says that the piece of money so delivered to said Isaac Foster is the same piece which he received from the said Robert I-I "V\Tilliams as af 4 his w ILLIAM X COOPER mnrk Subscribed by s 4 Dcclarant by making his mark and sworn to by him in due form at San felipe de Austin this 10 Novr 1826- STEPllEN F. AusTIN [Rubric] [Endorsed:] Coopers business relative to counterfeit half Joe to be presented to R. H. "Williams for collection-
JAMES KERR TO A UST IN
Labaca 11.Nov.1826 2 O'clock p. m.-
DEAR CoL 0 I have just R 4 and read your of the 8th Inst by Mr.- Brackin. I am confined to my Pallet. and have been for several Days given out by the spectators-I am now on the mend and by being proped up etc. I have undertaken to write, I have 6 large blisters all raw and runing yellow matter etc. I came here with my Cart, black man and two white strange Gent. who overtook me on the Colorado, on the evenig of-1st-found·all well, and in good spirits-In a few minutes a man by the name of Smith came under whip, from the Guadaloupe who stated that Delion, and son were a Coming with the indians to cut of the white people as far as the Colorado-It would far exceed the limits of a letter to detail all he said in relation to Delions threats and those of his son fernander. in fact they were alarming as a person (Unknown to me tho said to be respectable) has as I am informed by the Alcalde here made Oath that Delion had lured the Indians to come and Kill all the Americans here, and Mrs. Trudeau has told me that she hirself will swear that she several times heard Delion aver that he would have Dewitts head and that he would take it tied to his saddle to the Guadaloupe-The many threats; tho manner in which they came here; and the persons who made Those threats Gnve alnrme to the new settlers here and altho I myself nre not easily alarmed yet I confess that I scarcely new whnt to be about;-There was no order made to fire from our station untill we were first fired on. About this time I went to Smith and asked him many questions eic. he then told me that Moncholes of Labihia. and his troops
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