!.rHE AUS'£IN. ,PAPERS. 165[i the·,ten Iitternl: Lengues ·reserv·ed by the Government, but he is under the impression that,.you :will :shortly be;authorized -to.se.ttle said re- serve, in .which- case yo\11' .petitione1 1 ,hopes you ,will permit h.im to occupy, jmprove and cultivilte.saicl League agreeable to the provisions of the Colonization Law. Your petitioner further repres.ents that·'he has ·several , relutions nnd friends who are desirous to emigrate to this Department nnd who he believes are honest and industrious Citizens: ancl as the only convenient way for -them ·to -remove their familie's and effects to the Country is by_ water, t11~Y: will necessarily bring a years provisions with them.-' It is obvious .tlierefore that they will for a while be confined near _the ship lu.nding an.cl in.order to facilitate th~in iii the arclious unclert~ikii1g'of mig1;atiug hither yoiir 1->etitioner prn)•s that yoti will be pleased to. 'pei·mit him to select orie L~_ugUG of L_and on the N uviclad and· opposite .or· n 1 eii.'rly ·so to iir. Kei.·es Leugt1e 011 the La Vaca for th~ pm:i)ose of rnakii1g·a·dens~ ·and·Strong 8ettlement by .clivicling'_'saicl J~ei~gue_of° Land . among Said 'kmigra11ts:..'.......:.A.~c~ your Petitionei· as in duty bound will ever'pnty -Brno Locra1Anr It gives us pleasure_to .~tate that we have long been acqunintecl with the above petitioner Capt By:,,-a 'Locldrnrt; ;that his clrnrncter has ever been that of a Gentleman in the first circJes: l~e '. ha~ .. fl.~- ways been remarkable for his industry, perseverance, ai1d i~1teg- rity.-Should. it be in the power Qf Col..Austin to admit his petition we feel n~ .h~sit~tion i11 sajing .that .the ~olonel will. find the peti- tioner to 'be u .J~~an of th~ utmost 1itility_1n :for:r;ning a i1e,v $ettleme11t nnd ·~ '-vniuable' Citize1i :n~so to fur.µish to JlS a' n~ighbor with whom we shall a.11 find nleasme.
•GnEEN DE,Vr.rr [Rub1;ic] J .:DU:S KEUU
La Vaca 4 th June 1827.
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,[S. T.] ANmEn ;•ro AuSTI,N.
, Juno 3 4 1827.- Srn, I . have: visited the ·lands on Chocolttte Bayou ut _The re- quest o{Mr .J . .l~.):Iall;, and Think ~ lengu~ .can_ be obtained, hnving ·Timber suitable for lumber; and a water p1·ivilige That mu.y be used :four months .in ~q1e yea1;. lfeel,willing ';I-'o, choose tJ1e land for him, if.The lines can be run ,To his:liking otherwise it will be of little account; for The timb~reci innd is vei:y ll4lrrow. , 1 . , . 1 Lest I may' not'be able To see you'soon; (foi· I'luwe ·beei1 wi1iting Mr Hall's return) thnt I may know my own chance for obtttining land,-before you lea·ve-us :for The interior; I wish To know whether,
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