THE AUSTIN PAPEr.S. 1667 suadccl pardon my anxiety for obtaining info11nation from the only correct source within my power-I therefore. again repeat, that I shall esteem it, a flattering evidence of your friendship, and an im- portant obligation, if ·you will address me, upon all subjects of gen- eral information, which may suggest them~elves to you, and which your convenience and leisure may permit you to speak of. My anxiety to return to the U. S. in order to make arrangements for the support of our petition •in the Capital induces me, again to mention the subject of my little invoice of Liquors, they stand me in something like $2.50 if you can settle them for that-I wish you would do so of course to be delivered here-at all events make the best arrangement you can ·for me-
C. B. PENROSE
Co 1 S. F .•Austin [Addressed:] Co 1 Stephen F Austin Sari Antonio.
DAVID G. BURNET TO BUSTAMENTE
To His Excellency
Gen 1 Bustamente
Commander in Chief &c & 0 •
·The undersigned, finding a deep and lively concern in all that relates to· the welfare of their ·adopted Country, and entertaining a peculiar regard for the future advancement and tranquility of Texas, beg leave very respectfully, to stibmit the following facts :mcl suggestions to Your Excellency's serious consideration, in order that the subject to which they relate may be presented to the proper authorities of the Government of Mexico- In the winter of 1823, Mr. :Monroe; then President of the United States of the North, recommended to Congress that measures should be taken to remove all the Tribes of Indians resident within the organised limits of ,the United States, to regions to be assigned them on the west side of the l\iississippi, and beyond the boundaries of the State of Missouri and of the Arkansas te1-ritory-The Con- gress promptly adopted the recommendation and Commissioners were appointed to treat with the Indians on the subject of their removal-Treaties to that end have already been effected with some of the most considerable Tribes of the North, to wit-with the C[h]octaws, the Chickesaws the Cherokees and the Creeks, by which they have severally engaged to emigrate to the west-Other Treaties probably have ·been or shortly will be made with other Tribes of a similar import-. By the terms of these treaties, lands a.re designated for the futuro location of these Nations or barbarians, on the west side of the
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