1761
THE AUSTIN PAPERS.
Austin to provincial deputation, May 25, 1824. Acknowledging election of deputy to State congress. Austin to provincial deputation, 1\-Iay 25, 1824. Instructions to deputy. Austin to provincial deputation, l\Iay 25, 1824. Acknowledging declaration of war against Tahuayns Indians. Austin to provincial deputation, May 25, 1824. Reporting that colonists have taken oath to acta constitutiva. James Cummins to Austin, May 25, 1824. l\Iilitia organization. Jos~ Antonio Saucedo to Austin, l\Iay 25, 182,1. Unable to use the corn contributed by colonists toward expenses of their deputy in Congress. Return to them with thanks. • Austin confirms a militia election, May 28, 1824. Mathew Scobey to Austin, May 20, 1824. Wants information about Gov- ernment and land titles. Crop failure on Red River. Nathaniel Cox to Austin, June 3, 1824. Hawkin's estate and his expendi- tures for the colony. Gene.rnl Wilkinson. William Cooper to Austin;·June 4, 1824. Land. Randall Jones to Austin, June 4, 1824. Suggesting instructions to_ deputy in State congress. SI:n·ery, registering marks and brands, forbidding the killing of deer and horses for skins, forbidding the burning of the prairie. Proceedings of a meeting to instruct deputy in State congress [June 4, 1824 ?]. Slavery, ele.ction of local officers, jury trial. Proceedings of a meeting to instruct deputy in State cong1·ess, June 5, 1824. Request of National Congress privilege of raising and exporting tobacco. Re- quest State congress to safeguard slavery. Austin to colonists, June 5, 1824. Review of history of grant, and of his con- tract with colonists charging 12½ cents an acre for land. Intervention of the political. chief and misinterpretation of the colonization law. Austin's heavy expenses in governing the colony, surveying, caring for land titles, etc. Austin et al. to provincial deputation, June 10, 1824. Transmitting petitions to Federal Congress concerning tobacco monopoly and slavery. Petition to Congress, June 10, 1824. Privilege ·of raising tobacco. Argument for encouragement of agriculture. Petition to Fede.ra.l Congress concerning slavery, June 10, 1824. Law under which the colony was established recognized slaYery; slaves necessary to fur- nish labor to improve the country; not intended for trade. Anthony R. Cla1·ke, June 12, 1824. Position of the unauthorized settlements in east Texas. Attitude of the settlers toward Austin. Character of Gaines. J. Cable to Austin, June 13, 1824. General conditions of the time. Amos Rawls to Austin, June 13, 1824. Karankawa Indians. Austin to Amos Rawls, June 14, 1824. Preparations for campaign against Karankawns. Committee on memorials to Coug1·ess. Land titles. Philip T. Dimmitt to Austin, June (15], 1824. Defending .Austin's right to collect payment for settling. on· lands in the colony. Hostility of ce1·tnin agi- tators. Father Garza wants a tux. Slavery. Bastrop. James Gaines to Austin, June 18, 1824. E:i-..--plnining restlessness of settlers in enst Texas. Bad charncters on the Sabine. Austin to Jose Antonio Saucedo, June 20, 1824. Steps to complete titles to settle1·s. First contract for 300 families nearly completed. Drouth. • Austin to Jose Autonio .Saucedo, June 20, 1824 . . Asks for a priest, or for authority to perform civil marriages. Jose Antonio Saucedo to Austin, June 22, 1824. Ut·glng collection of land fees due the Govet·nment. Commissioner to extend titles.
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