r I rn 1 [TF.NOH.10 lo COMi\lAN DEil I
Tlw Military Commander of Anahuac, - To the Military Commnndcr of Coah11ila t'v. T1·xas.
I have already rcporkd to Your Lordship, in former co1111111111ications, my cxpos1:d silualio11 al this post wilh the small forc1• under my orders, i11 pn·sc11cc of ,1 grcal number of i11hahilants always ready to hcgin a conflid, and 1:xaspcralcd to see their smugl,!ling slopped since lhc custon house office has been re-estab- lished here. l cannot, in such .circumstances, vouch for !he triumph of our arms, because my 1111:n arc loo badly arnu:d and short of nmnrnnilion; and 1 would deeply rq.~rcl lo have lo sacrifice the lives of i\foxican soldiers in case of an oulhrcak for which I am looking from one moment to another. The offrontry of lhc Americans proves 1:011clw;ively that they have no respect for lhc ~lcxican L,tws which ca1111ol be 1mforced here. Under such critieal 1:ircu111slanr·•·~, I musl rcquPsl Your Lordship to semi me a rcinforc1·m1:11l, so1111i ammunition, and if possible, one or lwo pieces of arlill1'.ry, with which I may keep this neighborhood within the bounds of respecl, and show lhem thal the Supreme Government is di!-posed and able to protect the frontier, as il is its duly. J am satisfied lhal lhe anxiely of your Lordship to preserve a lcrrilory which llwy are trying lo wrestle from us, will suggest you to take wilh your accustomed activity, such measures as shall mccl lhc object of lhis report. I avail myself of this occasion, lo tender lo Your Lordship, the sincere assurance of my suliorclinalion and respect. God and Liberty - Anahuac - April 9th, 1835
Antonio Tenorio
r 119 I [TENORIO to COMMANDER I
The Military Commander of Anahuae - To the Military Commander of Coahuila & T1:xa1-.
I have received, two days since. a dl'lt·~alion of four nwn of the Coshale tribe, who rcpn~s1;nl1·d lo nw, !hat the Anwrican~ an· lryin~ lo take possession of tlw land:- 1·111liva1<-d Liy tlwm ~inc1·
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