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Dewitt did with a quantity of goods-&c. One Olivares, who Stiled himself "Doctor Olivares" a great imposture Came on the Same vessel with powell. They quarreled, and Olivares Went to Bejar and made a thousand false representations against llfr. Powell, and asserted that he Powell had brqught nothing into the Country but Contraband goods, and the contest betwen Dileon and Dewitt having cre~ted some previous excitment; The Chief Department Jose Antonio Saucedo ordered Dn. Rafiel l\Ianchola Commandant of of f sic] the post of of Golifa]d, and Son-in law of Dileon, to proceed with all his troops to the Lavaca and make an examination of l\Ir. powell and his good-He being the friend of his fatherinLaw, &c, and finding some tobacco & and powcler, pretended to Condemn to whole cargo, and rnmoved the sam(! to Victorio and placed it in the care of Deleon subject to the Order of the Govt.-Dewett went to Bejar and obtained an order for Some of the provisions say flour Sugar Coffee a·nd Com. 1827-1\h powell returned with another Cargo, Much' of it being Con- traband the Secret got to Bejar, and Genl. Bustemente 52 being there, sent a Major . with troops to examine the prem- ises, and finding much Tobacco-took it off. Note this hapened in Sept. or Oct. & Genl. Bustamante haying previously (in april and may) been in Yictorio, where he was well treated by Dilion, was now willing to do-all for him in his power, he therefore Ordered the Chief of Department to remove Dewitt and settlers from Lavaca to Gonzales-alledging that we was on the Lands of Deleon and to prove this the Chief Orclerecl me to run the 10. litteral League line, which being done showed our "establishment" to be 21 miles from the mouth of Lavaca and consequently within the 10 Border, Iatteral Leagues. In thi'3 year 1827. the empresarios-addressed Genl. B. and re- monstrated-against the introduction of N. American Inclians- and recommended the repeal of Section-- 53 of the colonzation Law; and informed His Excellency that should many of those notions get into the Country, they would be hard to manage, & could not be put out-He replyecl that "the "l\Iexican Nation had men ancl money enough to clo any thing"- Bustemante the Northern Indians-
Austins Colony of 300-Uncler the National Law of 1823.-give Austin discretionary power as to the quantity which may be giYen to the settlers. powers got his Grant-for the .10 border leagues extending from Lavaca to Las. Nueses, with the Same Condition of Dewitt, "to respect all legal Claims within his limits-Hence he & Deleon went to Law. The Govt. sustained Deleon in his limits as be- fore mentioned-and give as an indemnity to power, & Hewitson
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1827. as 1 believe in this year.
"Bustamante. Spelled various ways throughout the document. "Blank left in document.
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