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AMERICAN HISTORIC.AL ASSOCIATION.
AUSTIN TO AMOS RAWLS
[June 22, 18241] 1 Information haveing been lodged with me that positive proof ex- 'ists that the Ta.ncahua Indians stole the horses lost by Mr._vVilliam Rabb and Mr. Joseph Newman near the Ln Bahia Road, on the Colo- rado and that said Indians had the said horses in their possession a short time since and probably ·now h:.we them Therefore you are hereby fully authorised to ·raise as many men as may be deemed necessary and proceed to the camp of Sanden or any other encamp- ment where there is a probability·of finding the said Horses or the thieves who stole·them, and" make a demand of the said horses and the tbeives, should they be delivered up you will punish the theives by whipping them severely and shaving the head-Should they re- fuse to deliver up said horses you ~re authorised to take as many horses, mules, or any other property as may [be] deemed sufficient to pay for the lost horses and deliver them to said Rabb and new- man informing the said Indians that unless the said stolen horses arc returned in ten days the.property so taken will be detained and paid to said Rabb and Newman in the lieu of the lost horses- [Endorsed:] Copy of order to Rawls . . . .
SAUCEDO TO AUSTIN
Con estn fha. pas~ ·a los Alcaldes del Colorado y los Brazos la orden sigte. . "El Sor. Baron de _Bastrop Comisionado por este Gobierno pasa a ese Distrito a mercenar y poner en posesion de los Terrenos que la Jey determina, a los babitantes establecidos en el, y otorgarles los correspondientes titulos para su resguardo, luego que hayan satis- fecho los derechos designados pr· el Arancel que circule quando estuve en ese punto: lo 4 11 • comunico a V..para su intelig 11 ·, y con el fin de que para evitar retardo ·en la organizacion de ese estableci- miento, se sirva prevenir a todos los habitantes que en el se quieran radicar, que precisamente deben estar reunidos en el dia y sitio que fixase dicho Comisionado p•· darles la posesion y los titulos de las Terrenos q•· les mercenase; y del recivo y cumplimiento de esta. orden me dara V. el correspondte. aviso.'~ Lo que comunico a V. para su intelig8· y fines consiguientes. • Dios y libertad S. Fernando de Bexar 23 de Junio de 1824.4° y 3°. Josi ANT 0 • SA uCEoo ,[Rubric] Sor. Teniente Coronel D. Estevan Austin
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