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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
serve them until my arrival you will also collect all the informa- tion in your power relative to the situation of the river at its mouth and for fifty miles-up-how many rafts are there and their dirnen- tions-how many branches or channels does the river divide into and their size, highth of banks, whether timbered or prairie, whether sub- ject to overflow depth of water, and distance from the Bay to the place where they separate from the river- And any other informa- tion possible calculated t.o give a full and correct knowledge of that part of the river and adjoining coast.
BASTROP TO JAMES CUMMINS
El Sefior Govr. Interino de esta Prova- Tente Coronel Dn Luciano Garcia con fecha 16 del pasado me dice lo siguiente [Translation of the quotation "siguiente" in A Comprehensive History of Texas, I, 477. The same communication was sent to 8' Capitan de las milicias del rio de los Brassos Dn Andres Robert- son, with the following addition:] Y lo traslado a V para su inteligencia y devido cumplimiento en la parte que le toque; con el bien entenclido que lose sirvira. V baser directamente reconoser al re:ferido Dn Estevan F Austin por las tropas de milicia del mando de V con todas las investiduras y facul- tades que le son conceclido por el Superior govierno para que le
reconoscan y le atenderan como su inmediato Gefe. Casa de Castleman-de Agosto de 1823. 3°· y 2°·
EL BARON DE BASTROP [Rubric]
AUSTIN'S ADDRESS TO COLONISTS
[August 5, 18231) 1 . Since the commencement of this Colony no labor or expence has been spared on my part towards its organization benefit and secur- ity- And I shall always be ready and willing to risk my health, my property or my life for the common advantage of those who have em- barked with me in this enterprise. As a proof of the reality of this declaration I have determined to augment at my own private expenc:e the company of men which was raised by order of the late Gov'· Trespalacios for the defence of the Colony against hostile Indians. I therefore by these presents give public notice that I will employ ten men in addition to those employed by the Governt. to act us rangers for the common defence. The said ten men will form a part of Lieut. J\1oses Morrisons Company and the whole will be subject to my orders.
, Written on the reverse or Bastrop's proclamo.tJon of August IS.
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