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[953] [BOWIE and FANNIN to AUSTIN]
Mission of Espada, 23 octr 1835 5 Oclk P M friclay evening Gen) Austin-In conformity with your orders, and agreeably to our suggestions of last night, we marched to the Missions above this, and make the following report of their sit1iation and such oher information as we deem important-at the Mission of St Juan, they only planted three pecks of corn, and it is yet in the field, and very fine-The Citizens are well disposed, and now look to us for protection-and should the Enimy at1empt to withdraw their corn, information will be forthwith rec from them At the Mission of St Jose, we find no corn, the dam having been broke early this season and the crop abandoned-only a small crop of Peas, and these not yet well ripened-This Mission is in a dilapidated state and only one family at it-At the former, several respectable families, and the walls in a good state of preservation, and a strong hold for defence- St Jose has fine quarters for the men, but the waler too remote, and too much at the mercy of the enimy- No intelligence from the Segiences, as yet-We learn that reinforcements to the amt of 30 men arrived-in Bexar last night-also that you had a slight skirmish with an outpost in which they report only one killed-he being shot in the eye- They say two more parties of reinforcements are looked for daily-If we had fifty men more, we could keep out spyes on the two roads and cut them off, and be in no sort of danger ourselves There is but little money in Camp-and the men are complaining that corn and other provisions are not furnished them- We will make purchases of Beef and corn tonight with our own funds and hope to hear from you tomorrow early-Our private resources are quite limited, and cannot be expected to last beyond tomorrow-or we should not apply to you for aid-You know the materials we have-they will fight-and fight desperately; but must Eat. · We expect to take a position in the timber, near Bexar. tomorrow; and request regular-information from you, that we may he fully apprized of your movements, and know how far our~ comport with your views; and will insure success to our cause.-Tht Courier from Bexar has this moment come in, and says that d1( man reported shot and killed, is not dead-but shot where we heard
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