THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 213 I had a letter from Emily Yesterday. She is well and ii\ good Spirits at the Idea of soon seeing her dear Brother, god grant she i;nay not be disappointed is my prayr [Address:] Mr. Moses Austin P. M. Mine a Burton Upper Louis- ianna
Mns. lVLrnIA A usTIN TO MosEs A usTIN
Philadelphia June the 23- Notwithstanding I wrote my much beloved Husband, on the, 22-Inst-Informing him of the Declaration of 1Var-the great Anxiety of my mind is such I must again take up my pen, to beg and Intreat you not to be lulled into a fatal Security that there is no danger to be apprehended from the Indians-oh my loveing Husd my pen is Inadiquate to the task of Describeing the distress of my mind on this Subject and the danger of my Sons Voyage, I think he has had time to Arrive in New York Provided he has met with no delays, but oh two well I know the great Uncertainty of a passage from N Orleans to the Atlantic States and if he is so Unfortunate as to be detained at the :Mouth of the river, as I was, it will be a 1'1aracal, if he Escapes being taken-· • Commode· Roggers went out the day the Express arrived in N Y- and the next day brought in a British Merchantman-this will give the Allarm and in n short time we may Expect their armed Vessels from Hallifa.x on our Co[a]st, who will Capture every american· Vessel theay can find-on the other hand if he is so fortunate as to Escape, his Cargo will turn out well, as lead is at this time foreteen dollars pr Hundred this together with what you could send up the Ohio would secure a Sufficiency in case you should be Obligh'd to Abandon the !\fines-which if one half is true, that is Stated in the papers, you must sertainly do-if you have any regard to your one [own] safety-and oh my dear Husband what will become of my poore Sister and hur helpless famaly, also Elias and •his dear little famaly in short the hole Neighbourhood will be Exposed to savage Barbarity-it tis a Meloncholy truth that the Indian tribes boath on the Mississippi-Missouri and Wabash, are only wateing for the Prophet to give the word-to Commece hostillitys and that the Com- bination is Extensive, beyond anything that has ever before Occurd, and you must now be Sensibly-that it will be the Interrest of the British Government to give every Encouragement to the Indians to Joine them and the powerful Influence thea.y have over the different tribes, is two well lmown, for me to say any thing on that head-and I have only to lament, with other$ the Unhappy prospect this War,
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