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effort to escape--as the doors were all filled with presented guns, there was no alternative, but to force the weather boarding of the House; accordingly I put hyself in a proper position, and with a desperate lunge, I succeeded in forcing the boards, which were fortunately not very strongly fastened---cry was shoot him, shoot him,-they then turned their attention to Johnston, but fortunately in the hustle after me, they adn;iitted Johnston to escape also- very soon after my escape Col. Padrez was informed by one of his men of the attempt to arrest us, he seemed to become instly desperately enraged,-ordered a company of soldiers to arrest the offenders, and started a man immediately in pur- suit of me to request me to return-I proceeded directly to Liberty to inform our army of the affair, and reached there the next day- my arrival produced a considerable stir, difficulties were settled the remain- ing portion of the army (the majority having left under the impression that all commenced preparing for battle, but about one or two hours after my arrival, an express from Padrez reached informing me that the party who had been in pursuit of me; was a mob &C. that our Prisoner;; were discharged, and that the treaty wo~ld be strictly adhered to &C.- this reconciled our army again, and all was quiet; the day after our Prisoners arrive in company with Johnston & Green, and our army forthwith dispersed.- Hayden, the man who shot Blakemore, and joined Bradburn, was a few days after this arrested, and shot; previous to his being shot, he stated that he was to have killed me the night that I was attacked at Dorsett's and then to make his escape; that this was an arrangement &C of Bradburn's The lamp of thy glory need not to be fed by the oil of praise; it burneth with an eternal & undistinguishable light This Mo.r;es (Austin) like his namesake of old saw afar off the prom- ised land; But his son Stephen led his followers to it-Giosa Govt of Natches, after Govt of N. Orleans- [Endorsed J Judge Harden's account of the taking of Anahuac in 18.C32 No. 1621 [183-?, G. B.] McKINSTRY. NOTES ON TROUBLES LEAD- ING TO TEXAN REVOLUTION 18
you will see by Fishers letters he requires me as Deputy collector to seize Bales Mdze which he very well knew were contraband and when he found the people knew he was in possession of the fact, he then con- cluded to seize the offending Vessel & Goods which he done and reported the same to the Govt and brought suit (if I recollect right before the Alcalde at San Felipe) & in the Superior Court of Tamaulipas and
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