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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
:form a Seperate deta.chment in the upper Settlement, and have therefore issued the enclosed order which you will see executed- St Felipe de Austin May 4 1824 Yours etc STEPHEN F AUSTIN Lt. Col. J. Cul\tMINS Alcalde of Colorado The settlers living in the Colorado district above the Eagle Lake will form a Seperate Detachment of Militia, and will proceed on the day and at the place which the Alcalde o:f Said district mn.y appoint, to elect a proper person to command the said detachment the s 4 • detachment shall be called the upper detachment of the Colorado District- The returns must be sent to me ns Soon as possible that the commission may be ma.de out in conformity with them the alcalde of the Colorado is charged with the execution of this order. St Felipe de Austin May 4, 1824 4.-3 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN Lt. Col.
AUSTIN TO MOTHER ANO SISTER
St. Felipe de Austin :May 4. 1824
Dn. MoTHER and SISTER- After many delays and disappointments I am at length enabled to start brother to you, there are two modes of moving to tbi_s country one down the Mississippi to the mouth of Reel River and up that to .N achitoches, and thence through by land a distance of a.bout two hundred and fifty miles-the other route is to go to Orleans and thence round by sea to the mouth of the Brazos River, I am yet un- decided which of these two routes will be the best-that by sea would be the shortest and cheapest if the wind was favorable-that by Nachitoches would be the longest and most fatiguing as ,vell as ex- pensive, as I should have to send in a ,vaggon and team from here to bring you out and you could not bring anything with you of consequence If Several :families will join, for instance :Major Hawkins, the Bruffys, Aunt Austin etc and send their Horses through by land to N achitoches and take their waggons and carts and other property down by water, I think you could get a good Keel boat and all come on together in her as far as Nachitoches, the boat will sell for ns much in Nachitoches as you would have to give for her in St. Louis- you must not bring much of anything except beds and bedding and Castings and crockery ware for House use-as to furniture. we must do without untill we get able to buy from Orleans, I like this plan better than a.ny-i:f you conie in a steam boat it will be uncertain
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