tlmrnn inlo a dung<'on without a hopt'. wilho11t a pro:;ped, except :-t1l'h a:: your pro111I ::pirits may delt'rmine on- Lt'I mt• a::k you as one in l'ommon wilh youn;eh·es. are you prepart'<I lo rl'l't>i\'t' sul'h a gowrnml'nl ns ii may plea:;e the t·ommmulanl GC'n<'ral Co:; anti his masters lo give you, ilnd again reet>iw as military officer as your Governor·~ or will you supporL and su:.alain tht' offil'C'r your own voluntary vole placed in office, and who now lies in prison on acl'ounl of thaL vole made in his f,I\Or. I think by the feelings which l h,n-e that l can answer, you wil m•,·er submit lameh lo ,such a course- The object is Lo eslaolish the supreme cxeculiw aulhoriLy of the Slate in Texas, this is highly important and iL behooves rwry man to strain every nerve to accomplish so desired an ohjel'I- Then lei me call upon you in furtherance of your interest and in obedience to the orders we have received Lo Lum ouL immediately. organize and march to his relief ancl bring him lo a place of ~afety in this our favored Texas You will march Lo this place as soon as possible and wait for further orders. Given at office in the town of San Felipe de Austin Lhis 21st day of June 1835 J 13 t\liller
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l UCARTECHEA to COS] I Domingo de Ugartechca, Bexar, to '.\lartin PerfecLo de Cos, \latamoros, Jww 21, 1835, reporting the escape of Samuel May \Yilliams, and enclosing the Lcstimony of Thomas J. Chambers as to his part in the disturbances at Monclova, I
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