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[ 18181 [ROBINSON to LOCKHART]
San Felipe de Austin Jany. 17. 1836.
Sir,
You are hereby notified that you are this day appointed a commissioner to treat with the Comanche Indians now at San Antonio, Edward Burlison, J.C. Neill, John W. Smith & Francisco Ruis, are your co-commissioners, & you and they are required forthwith to repair to the ci Ly of San Anlonio de Bexar, and trea l with the said Indians. The Express Mr Gritten is waiting, & cannot wait until your commission & instructions can be made out, but they will be forwarded to you at Bexar by Gen. Burlison, who leaves here tomorrow for home, & then will pass by the upper road lo San Antonio forthwith, as the Indians threaten an attack, it is sincerely hoped that it will suit your conveneance to attend with him & them.
Yours very respectfully J. W. Robinson Acting Governor
Byrd Lockheart Esqr.
[ 1819] [Sl\'IITH to HILL]
[Henry Smith, San Felipe, lo William G. Hill, January 17, 1836, st~tin~ in part: "My Council became corrupt and determined on m1sch1ef. I found that they were determined to ruin the interest of the Country. A veto from me was useless, and instead of a veto I sent them the Devil in the shape of an Address .... Their conduct was c~iminal a~d I could no longer stand it they had every thing combined against me men, means, and a damned corrupt council. . . ."]
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