(496) [UGARTECHEA to POLITICAL CHIEF)
[Domingo de Ugartechca, Bexar, Lo PoliLical Chief of Brazos, August 8, 1835, about the order for _Lhc arrest of William Barrel Travis and others.]
[ 497) [BARRETT AND GRITTEN to COS]
Bexar, August 9, 1835.
[To General Cos:]
... You have already the notice of our mission to this commandancy as a canal of communication lo the General Government from the Political Chief of the Brazos. And thus il is that the object of this communication is to let you know that in spite of the great desire that we have to come and destroy in your mind, and through you, in the mind of the General Government, the idea which you have formed that the unlawful proceedings of certain citizens of Texas came from the majority, we are now sorry to inform you that our departure will not take place until Mr. Gritten returns from San Felipe. The object of his journey is to get instructions sufficiently extensive to cover all cases that may arise, or may be considered as belonging to our mission, which is to solidify the work of conciliation, interrupted before, hut which we rejoice to see from the last advices directed by you Lo Colonel Ugarlechea, has begun again. You may well believe that aU the Texans are not revolutionists, nor bad, and that the greater part of them are pacific, and we desire very much to confirm personally this assertion. And that we will have the honor to do as soon as l\'lr. Gritten comes Lo the Mission La Bahia on his rel-i1rn from San Felipe. In the meantime we anticipate an interview by means of this communication in the hope that il may serve lo predispose you in favor of our mission, which is lo promote the best interests of Texas, and to preserve with the supreme federal government the good understanding that ought to exist" in an
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