July 22 1836 to Sep 23 1836 - PTR, Vol 8

their Camp, some distance up the river, where they have 30 or 40 in number, lo be used as spies or runners. I had occasion to Call on Ge11l Urrea at his quarters on business wl,ere I met there 3 of the Indians with their Interpreter making inquiry of the Strength of their Tribe, the General being anxious to ascertain what force they could muster with the other tribes. The commissary of this place has orders to purchase 800 or 1000 hourses for the cavally which he is now doing. Every movement appears lo confirm the belief that the negotiation is completed, with a promise lo the Indians of land & Cattle, should they assist & succeed, in exterminating the Population of Texas: as to honour with any of the Mexican Commanders it is absurd and a stranger to them, they have never been taught virtue & their carrier is nothing less than a dislike lo any thing that has a tendency to moralize their people, when we see a setting side by side al the ~lonty Table, a General of this place with a Highway Robber and a murderer, who has been broughl before the Tribunal, tries and proved Guilty, who has been seen to have made bets with the same rips of the Earth before his door on the fate of a poor Chicken, when at the same time personally acquainted, with the Character of the man, I ask, after this & scenes much worse what can be expected from such Generals, what is it to them how many treaties they violate: look at his conduct in retaining as prisoners the two Texian Plenepotens or Comms. Capt Carnes & Teal who were ordered on here, to Matamoras by Genl. Rusk, or Houston, for the exchange of prisoners &c, confining them in a Cuartel among the Soldiers, without bed or bedding or even a blanket, & at night confined in a very small filthy apartment enough to suffocate a dog, how was the passport obtained for Capt Teall through the General's Interpreter Mr Murphy, a foreigner, whose disreputable Character is so well known, that he could not obtain a situation as clerk in any situation where he is known, his own Story (Murphy's) is, that Cpt Carnes gave him ten dollars to obtain the Passport for Teal and three men, but not before he had informed the Genl. Urrea; he was paid Ten dollars by Captn Carnes, to procure the same, what was the reply of the noble Genl: I will give it to you for the Capln. Teal, but it will not be of any service, which turned oul to be true, as Captn. Teal, had not proceeded 90 miles when he was overtaken by 25 Dragoons with an order from the Genl. Urrea, lo be brought back, all thrown into prison where they now are: is this becoming a General's deportment to act in this manner, for the sake of gratifying his opinion to make the Ten dollars, acts the Scoundrel:-Under arms here 3000 Soldiers I now close, trusting you will not overlook the

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