THE AUSTIN PAPERS. 887 fork the Jnrgest brackish nt forks and 3 mi.les above-heavy body of timber in forks-timber on the east side genernlly narrow- Prairie-bluffs at two places above the forks and at the forks tim- ber, 100 yd. on East side 950 on west-16 miles, from mouth timber ·ceases on both sicles--Average width from forks to mouth 300 yds. banks at forks 30 feet-near the mouth 15 feet-a large lake about 10 miles above the mouth on the east side-3 miles in circumference salt-rich black prairie nll the way down low bottom prairie on the River½ to 1 mile wide-no crossing below for horses- BASTROP TO AUSTIN Recivi del Impresario Tente Coronel dn Esteban Austin la can- tidad de dos mil ocho cientos vente y un peso quatro y medio real que en liquidacion de la cuenta general concerniente n mi commission re- civire como dinero-San Felipe de Austin a 30 de agosto de 1824. EL BnoN DE BASTROP [Rubric]
AUSTIN TO vVrLLrHi KINCHELOE Mr. William Kincheloe To Stephen F. Austin Dr.
'l'o Am' fees <lue by you on the title Issued to you for two Leagues or Land each $165$ is $330 l\Ioney cqunl according to the estimate of Lnnd office Money to 495.$ payable in Cattle American ho1·ses 01· ?tlules ___________________________________________________________ $495. 'l'o this Am' paid for Stamp paper for your title_____________________ !$3. 50 Augt 1824
1VILLIAM JOHNSON TO AUSTIN
Woodville [Mis,issippi] Sept. 2 nd 1824.
Sm ' .Mr George Huff, who is the bearer of this letter to you, is a Black- Smith by trade-and a mecanic of the first order-For the last eight years he has done, I may say, all my plantation work in the best order-He goes to Texas, at my solicitation, for the purpose of view- ing the·country, and I hope on his arrival there you will have j udg- ment enough to induce him, if possible, to move his family out-And sir I take the liberty of saying to you that he is the best workman of his trade in the '\-Vestern country-(! make this expression without exception) and that is not all, if l\{r Huff, should be pleased with the country, which I hope he may, and should you hold out to him suffi- cient prospects to induce him, to move his family out-A Mr Joseph Servison of this place will go with him, and be his partner-1\,[r Ser- vison can do any thing in wood which relates to Machinery, either in or out of water-On the Inclined plane or otherwise-You may
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