THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 877 thousand bars we found a creek making down from the mound whid1 we could not •cross we meandered it 500 bars then crossed and run 500 bars . club north to make our Complement of northing without going to the Benard as it made Considerable writing you can either Continue that west to the Benard By Calculation or let it stand as it does whichever you may think best the rough plat I have sent you is the best I Could do at this time under the present Circum- •stances-I nm in hopes it will ancer the purpos~ as any way you Can arange it will make no difference between us whin you have the deed made out lay it away untill I see you J. H. BELL the bars I mention is the only northing we got. [Addressed:] Col Stephen .F Austin
Huon McGUFFIN TO ·AusTIN
Natchitoches 18 th August 1824
DEAR Srn I should have visited your Country ere ·this only on account of Mrs. :i\foGuffin going to the warm Springs She will return about the fifteenth of Sept. Shortly after which I will set out for that place there is nothing worthy of Communicating to you now the Mule that your ·Brother left with me I Delivered to his order about two weeks ago the Horse is not here at present but I think he will [be] in a.short time when I go .on there I will bring him with me.- Adue untill I see you Write me ifyou have any oportunity H. McGUFFIN. P. S. I send your l\1uscetoe Barr by Mr. House that you left at Mr. J as. Dennys also your Spanish Dictionary H. McG. [Addressed:] Coi 0 • S. F. Austin-Brazos-Per Mr. House.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN-AUSTIN AND HORATIO CHRIESl\IAN
This agreement entered into at the T,own of San Felipe de Austin in tlie province of Texas between Stephen F Austin Empresario for the settlement of three hundred families in this province and Horatio Chriesman surv~yor, is To "\V'itness-That said Chriesman agrees to survey such Tracts of Land in this Colony as he may be directed to Survey. by sd Austin and.the Commissioner of the Government in the form a·nd manner whicl1 they may direct using the l\1exican Vara as the standard for regulating.~heir chains and running by the true meridian after Calculating the·Variation of the compass-and the
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