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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
AUS'l'IN TO MILITARY COMMANDANT 1
Sometime since, two settlers of this Colony were hunting deer near the mouth of the Colorado on the East bank, when a party of Karan- knwase Indians rushed out of a grove in which they were concealed, nnd followed them at full speed with their arms in readiness, and other hostile demonstrations. The t,r,•o settlers withdrew, and after having joined with others, returned to look for those Indians, to know if they were still hostile like last year, The Spies who took the advance found nn Indian Camp, but found in it only one man niicl a woman. They called the Indian with friendly ·demonstra- tions, but he assumed a hostile attitude, preparing his arms, upon ,vhich one of the Spies shot his rifle at him and wounded him; The Indian and the woman escaped to the woods. It is not known whether the Indian died, but the signs of blood showed that he was badly wounded They found in the Camp several articles stolen at the mouth of the Colorado, Inst year, when these Indians killed t.he inhabitants, and destroyed the settlement at that point, I ha.Ye sent word to the Chief of the Karanlrnwases, not to allow his men to go to the Colorado and Brazos, until they make peace with the people of this Colony nnd advised him to withdraw with his whole nation to the Mission at Refugio, because if they show themselves here, the Colonists will avenge the den.th of their friends killed by these Indians on the Colorado. ,vhich disposition I report to you, hoping that it will meet your Superior approbation. ESTEVAN F. AUSTIN Lieut. Col of :Militia San Felipe de Austin April 20, 1824----4 th 3d. Military Commandant of Texas
AusTIN TO JosE ANTONIO SAUCEDO
San Felipe de Austin April 20, 1824. I received only yesterday your communication of the 18 th of :March last, in which amongst other things, you instruct me to seud a certified power of the people of this Colony, appointing an elector to proceed to the electoral meeting for electing ·a Representative in the Legislature of the State, I lost no time in sending expresses in every direction to obtain the votes of the Colonists, and I am author- ized by over one half of them to say to you that they have elected
, This nnd the following Jetter or the snme date nre from the Nncogdoehes Archh·ea. TrnnsJntlons from the .Bexar Areh1ves, 'l'exas :State Library.
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