PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPARTE LAMAR 303 P. S. l\Iy letter yesterday enclosing- a copy of a letter to the U S Agent, was dated 21st.Inst - it should have been 22nd - [Addressed] General Mirabeau B Lamar Vice President· Houston Express Texas No. 891 [E'ndorsed] H. l\ICLeod Nov. 25. 1838 [1838 c. Nov. 25?], ARTHUR HENRIE, [NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA] Announcing the opening of his agency for Texas trade. Broadside. With no. 892. No. 892 18.38 Nov. 25, JOHN l\L HENRIE, NEW ORLEANS, [LOUIS- IANA], TO M[IRABEAUl B[UONAPARTE] LAMAR, HOUSTON, TEXAS Enclosing a business announcement of his father, Arthur Henrie, and asking for him the appointment as consul to New Orleans; per-
sonal business plans. A. L. 8. l p. Enclosure, broadside; see no. 891.
No. 893 1838 Nov. 25, V. R. PALMER TO 1\1. B. LAMAR Bastrop, 25th November 1838
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/ Hon. M. B. Lamar, Sir,
It has become my painful duty to report to you, that our frontier is again agitated with the alarm of Indian depredations and threatened with all the horrors of Indian \Var. On Saturday night the 17th inst. as two gentlemen were, returning from the home of \V Pinlmey Hill, just in the outskirts of the Village, and at about the hour of Eight O'clock P. M. they were attacked by a party of Indians. Mr. ·weaver was killed instantly by an ounce ball, passing near his heart; Mr. Hart his unfortunate companion, was wounded in the abdomen with an arrow, but fortunately was able to run in and sound the alarm. He also died in about thirty six hours. The report of the fatal shot and the fiendish shout of the savages were distinctly heard at various places in town, but before any pursuit could possibly be made, they had fled and in consequence of the darkness of the night, could not be followed. The following morning a small party of our citizens took the trail, but not being able to overtake them, re- turned the next day-
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