THE .AUSTIN PAPERS, 885 merciante qe pasn ·p 0 Bexar y el no queria otro cosa qe dinero, y de esto no tenemos, Esperare a V. con mucha ansia en el mes de Octubre--
J. CABLE TO AUSTIN
Nachitoches, 28 th August 1824
DEAnSm I forwcl you the Paper ·By Mr. House which I hope you have Received in good Order and Letters .and papers· to your Colony. By Mr. Boy a young Frenchman I forwarded you a Letter Enclosed to me from your Brother J as. E. B. Austin from Herculaneum of which I hope you have Rececl. ·a few clays since I Recd another from your Brother of which he says he wrote two for :fear one might miss carry, I forwd papers etc etc by this gentleman. if you should wish your Letters and Papers taken out of the Post Office and forwd to you, you will. Pleas write to the effect, and you Shall have them as soon as opportunity admits of-I have wrote a Letter to George Smith Esq to your care I wish you would try and ford it him the first opportunity I expect he is in the Biffalou for his health, he has Practiced Law h·ere for some time Past, but on account of his Inability of health he was Advised By the Phisicians to take a trip in Texas for his Recovery ' • J. CABLE [Addressed:] Colo. Stephen F Austin Political Chief of Austin's Colany. San Felipi de Austin Province of Texas Politeness of Timber Lake I put in a Stick of C~iling wax for you in this Package of Papers • ,T. CABLE. AusTIN's DIARY OF CAl\lPAIGN AGAINST KARANr\....\WAYS Augt 30 [1824] Started from Town on the Expedition agst. the Karankaways slept at the middle Bernard . 31-joind the men at A. Jacksons, and mustered. and inspected them-62 including officers, spe.nt the day in preparing provisions- Sept. 1-clividecl the men into two divisions, one composed of Cap° Christmans company marched with me down the west side of the River-the other composed of Robinson's and Rawls were marched down the·East side through the Bay Prairie and under the command of Rawls- 2-I encampd at Dixons camp and sent spies down to the mouth •of the -~iver in the ~ight; peard from Rawls on the opposite side
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