(3565) (BURNET to WILSON]
Executive deparlmcnl Velasco 29th June 1836
Capt. Robert Wilson Steam boat Ocean Sir,
We have heard with great regret that Your boat is fast on Red fish bar. In the preS<',nt emergency of the County, with a powerful enemy pressing upon us, every means of defense musl be employed and the Ocean wiU be of immense Service. I request therefore that all possible exertion may be made to get her afloat, and that You will repair with her lo this point without delay. Your obt. Servl. David G. Burnet Col. Morgan is instructed to furnish You every aid in his power to enable you to gel off. (3566] [CARSON to BU R.NBT J [Samuel P. Carson to David G. Burnet, June 29, 1836, replying to Burnet's letter lo him of May 23, 1836] (3567) (HUSTON to BURNET]
Galveston Bay June 29, 1836
To His Excelly D G. Burnett President of the Republic of Texas Dear Sir,
By the last news from you there is a strong possibility of all the forces being called west. 1 have learned from a teller from Col. Morgan to Capt Turner that the Indian Difficulties grow out of the fact that they had been deceived by some of the Parkers by passing a quantity of counterfeit money on them & they were not unfriendly disposed to the whites, only such of them as they had been cheated by. If that be the case & the Indian Expedition
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