The register of this vessel is not incorporated in this act, Thus done and passed iu my office at the said City of New Orleans in the presence of W. G. Latham and W. C. rennolds witnesses who hereunto sign this names in aplicate together with the said appears and me Lhe said notary on this Tenth day of May, in the year of our lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty six. Original signed, Thomas Toby, E. Howes, W. G. Lalham, W. C. Reynolds, Wm. Christy. Certify the foregoing to he a true copy of the original act because the papers are not in this city. extant in my register in faith whereof I grant these presents under my signature and the impress of my seal of office at New Orleans this 22d March 1838. (3014] (DEAN and MCCALL to VOSE] Fort Towson, May 10, 1836. Colonel: Pursuant to your letter of instruction of the 27th ultimo, I crossed to the south of Red river, and have the honor to report, that the inhabitants of Jonesborough were much alarmed, in consequence of various reports having reached the frontier settlers of warlike movements among the neigh.boring tribes of Indians residing along the frontier; and that the leading men of that place had gone to the Sulphur prairies, where there was to he a general assemblage of the inhabitants of Miller county, to consult upon the best means for mutual security, and to adopt such measures as the exigencies of the times seemed to call for; to which place I deemed it advisable to repair, and, accordingly, procured a guide, and reached it the following evening, but not until after the meeting had dissolved. This meeting resulted in orgainizing hvo volunteer companies, to act as rangers or spies, along the frontier beyond the chain of settlers, and an application to the Governor of Arkansas for military protection. Detachments from these companies were early put in motion. One of ten men was to proceed to the Sulphur forks, cross near their sources, and one to the divide between the waters of this river and the Sabine; thence, down the divide, to the old trace leading to Nacogdoches, and then to return to the settlements.
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