l beg you to authorise all authorities to slop the arms and
ammunition from going out of the country.
Do send a man to Washington City that will not absquallulale from the road or his duty. Excuse my pen please, 1 have no table.
Respectfully yours Jas. Gaines
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(GARAY to SANTA ANNAJ
[F. de Garay, Goliad, lo Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, !'\'larch 20, 1836, forwarding Urrea's letter of the same day co11cerning the fight with Fannin.J (23801 [i\•IASON to NELSON] Nacogdoches, March 20, 1836 Dear Sir: This moment news of the most disastrous character has been received from Bexar: Travis and all his men captured and murdered. An apprehe11sion of a serious character exists here that the Indians are assembling to fall upon this frontier, particularly those from the United States. I have taken pains to inform myself of the facts, and I have no doubt they have been prepared to move in the event of Santa Anna's success. He is determined to wage a war of extermination against Texas, and has engaged the Indians lo aid him. The committee of vigilance here will address you on the subject of the threatened danger from the Indians. Is it not in your power to send a messenger to them, particularly the Caddocs, to make them keep quiet? To the exlent of your authority, every principle of humanity and safety to he inhabitants of both borders requires an exertion of your powers to avert the disaster of an Indian war; and I have no doubt you will exert all your energies to that end. In great haste, I must ask you to excuse this liberty, and beg leave to assure you of my respect and friendship. John T. i\lason. To Major Nelson, Commanding at Fort Jesup, U.S.
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