Oct 1 1835 to Nov 26 1835 - PTR, Vol. 2

approach of any troops. The Nacogdoches troops are ordered Lo furnish a guard for lhe Waggons thal are coming on, and protect them from lhe Civolo, and should those troops have passed, any others on the road arc ordered lo do the same.

S. F. Austin.

[282) [BRYAN to PERRY)

Salado 26th Oct 1835

Dear Father and l\'lother

I wrote you the day before yesterday by express since that time the members of the consultation who arc here 28 or 30 met and concluded lo leave it lo the vole of the Army whether the members should return and take their seal in the convention or remain untill after San Antonio is taken a large majority were in favor of the members returning with the exception of those who belonged lo the staff, and those who might volunteer to remain- Travis is a member who volunteers lo remain and there are others, when the thing was first talked of I thought it would be the means of disbanding the army as I heard most every one say that he would return if the members of the convention left Doct Archer was appointed by the members to address the army bcfore the question was put, afterwards, Genl Houston, and then Jack and lastly Uncle who was just able lo sit on his horse all purporting lhe same (that is) the propriety and even the necessity of sending the members back (those who were willing to go with the exception of those belonging lo the Staff) some 15 or 20 men would go back any how perhaps more. We arc going down lo the mission of the Espada to take up our quarters-I presume we will have J OO men when all have gone back who are dissatisfied perhaps not so many however they say with two hundred men we can sustain ourselves in the mission we will be continually rccg. reinforcements. and perhaps we will have Bexar in 4 or 5 days what are here have pledged themselves to stand up lo the tug until Ilexar is taken. Uncle in his short speech itold them that he would remain as long as 10 men would slick to him, because the salval.ion of Texas depends on the army being sustained and al the same lime the meeting of the Convention

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