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AMERICAN HISTORICAL .ASSOCIATION. ha merecido, es comforme al sistema q. nos rige, y a las orns con q. me hallo del Exmo S. Comt 0 • Gral, de cuya superioridad inmedin.tam 10 • dependo, y de quien recivi las instrucciones corres- pond 1 es pa el arreglo de mis operacioncs militares en esta frontera. Ent.re otras cosas me dice oficalmen 19 • Son sus propias palabras. El amor a la hwmanidad rne sugie1·e los mas vivos deseos de g. todo se te1'1nine arnistosamente Esta es inequivoca prueba-[tornJ ________ Gobierno, y cuya razon no creo merecen en mi poder, pues en ello solo cumpli con las ordenes q. tenia, y con los deveres de la humani- dad q. no permiten ultrajar a un Hombre vencido. Creo q. en opues- tas circumstancias V. huviera echo lo mismo con qualquiera Ynd.ivi- duo de mi partida, ya no ser asi le huviera manchado el honor de un Republicano.-Tambien veo a V. como a Enemigo, porq. lo es V. de mi [torn] patria. Asi lo exigen mis sentimientos, y mi dever, pero al mismo tiempo amo aV. como Hombre, y especialmente como Re- publicano. Los oficiales de mi mando con afectuosos sentimientos retornan a V. su gratitud, y y6 con espreciones cordiales me titulo atento Servidor de V. Q. B. S. M. es copia AHUMADA. [Rubric]
GREEN DEWIIT TO AUSTIN
Station at Labaca April 3 rd 1827.
DRsm I am happy to hear of your return and hope your visit to Nacog- doches has, and will r~sult in much good to the Country. We have lately had 2 visits to our station of the Coronkawases; the first part had six, and the [second] twelve in number, they professed great friendship to us and actually had it in their power to have killed several of our people, as they came up to the station; for they found one man and 2 boys 10 miles below here at work: and actually were in their camp in a manner-before they were dis- covered; a few miles above that they came to another labor in like manner where there were a man and a woman; and hurt no one but I am of opinion that they are only waiting a good opportunity to make a break on our settlement, therefore we are constantly upon our Guard; and so soon as we get our corn planted we will try to be ready for them, and a.re determined that they must not come amongst us-for since we have beard of the late murders in your colony it is more than Americans can bear to suffer them to come under the oulor of friendship when their hands are yet reeking with the blood C . . • f Inosent women and children; and as we expect a campa1gn agamst ;hem :from your quarter, I have_ thought_ it most adv:isable t? keep peace with them if possible unt11l that tune; and bemg advised of
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