THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 783 officer James B. Baily was Elected Lieutenant to whom I handed over the instructions I had in that case J. H. BBLL May the 1 st 1824 Col STEPHEN F. AusTIN
JAMES CIDUIINS TO AUSTIN
May 3 4 • 1824
Sm In compliance of your Request I have Called on Carrete and sent for Spanish John and Read the Treaty and had it interpreted and after Giving a Talk he agreed to Sign the Treaty and Said he would Move out of the Settlement in a few days, but he told me he wanted to see you before he Started. I gave him a Copy of the Treaty which he will shew to you I Told him verry posetively that after he had signed the Treaty he must Comply with it he appeared Verry Hum- ble and agreed to the Contents of it saying it was good Chino also signed it Saying he was an old Captain. Carrete wants me to write to you to give him some Tobacco Corn and powder you Can do ns you please about that- I Read the Treaty to the people at our meet- ing the other clay n.t Rossen [Rawson] Allys they were all well pleased with it-- I do think a good one for which some of us gives you our thanks-- The people of our Destrict tried to Elect their officers on the day apointed but were so much devicled they Could not do it. the Lower and upper encl of the· Dcstrict is so much devicled r think it will be best to separate us and let the big Lake on the Colorado be the diYi- sion there will then be about 30 men in Each Destrict and the people will a.ll be better sattisfied-they were all well sattisfied with the Consitution the governors proclamation and your ndress and said nothing against your letter. the most of them ware there and all Took the oath-and rejoiced etc J.AJ\IES Cul\IMINB Col 0 • STEPHEN F AUSTIN
AusTIN TO JAMF.8 Gmn,nNS
Sm, In Finding that there n.ppears some disagreement between the two • sections of the Settlement on the Colorado relative to the nppoi.nt- ment of 1\ililitia·officers I have thought it would satisfy all parties to
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