TUE AUSTIN PAPBRS. 405 with my request;· Mr·Bi·.)~an i's :m.ackei1:1g··every Arrangement i~ his power to Settle 'his business So as to leeve.this·Country by the last of Septr: or. October. a.mi Jaine 'your Brother s on the Colloraj:].o, where I ·expect he ha~, ·by' this time nrrivec:1·:- I received a letter by f ; • ' ' "' f the Inst Arkanw mail dated the 28 of June from Nacotoches, he was . , I . : .. • • '' • • • waiting the arrival of bis·clear clepa~ted Father, not being acquainted i • I .. . with the meloncholy event, as he had left New Orleans ten days previous to my letters reatching that place---.:-however he left direc- tions with his friend Mr, Hawkins to open my letters and if his Fathers illniss ·termin~te 4 in cl~ath, to Send on an express to overtake him; which he writes me he did, in a few hours after learning the distressing ,truth', so I flatter myself he knows·ere this, the great and Irreparable loss he has Sustain 4 in the death of such a parent, at this· Important time·- ·: I have every reason .to hope dear Stephen will Succeed in· the·enterpprise, •as the representitive of his Father the grant wilf be:transfer~ to him, he will be oblighe 4 , to go to St Antone·to sec 'the Govornor instead of going strait to the·Col~rado,. Several Officers with a guard was Sent in, with a Confermation of the grant for 300,000 acers of land, with the privalage of taking three hundred famalys :with him and theay had ordors to conduct him and as many of his folloers as chose to go, at this time, with him, to the place ·and tacke ·possesio1i- . oh my Son, how it greives my heart when I reflect on the hardships Sufferings and fatigue he had to go through to effect"this great object and now to know that all his fond and flattering expectations of realizeing future welth and inclipendence· are now bu.ried in the Silent tomb-for this affiictive, dispensation we can find but little Consolation, though we should endeavour to Seeke it-in that resignation which we owe to the will o:f heavan withe me life is hardly worth asking for, my health is so poor bu~ for· the sake of my dear Children I shall exert myself to meet this and every other inrode upon my ·happyniss with the fortitude Necessary to sustain it, I am sorry to tell you this place is geting very sickly, E Bates fama.ly has been very ill with the fever also H Austins and allmost every other in·the place, I shall shortly return to Hazel run as ,your Sister is very lonesome without her mother- I .Sincearly pray this may be the last letter I shall ·write :vou in K 1 -if Mr Carr will settle your bill with Mr Morton, we shall be able to Sattisfy•Mr Walker 'before your brother B [ryan] leaves this-you ·must at all ·events return in time to go down with him in October, if I receive a letter ·to my· sattisfaction from Mr Car[r], I will write you by the next-mail and I hope you will not loose a moment but get on to Louisvell[e] and get a passage on the best terms you can, the money will be.paid on your arrival here-- your old friends appear very anxious to see you and I think wp..1
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