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Father Sedella seems to have had some insight into the American Character; and knew the danger of letting them get a foot hold in the country. Although Brady was himself a Catholic, and petitioned only to settle Catholic emigrants, yet Sedella in writing to the Govr does not hesitate to express his doubt whether the emigrants would be catholics; he apprehended that they would not be in truth, although they might effect to be so. The same thing did actually happen, in after years, when Austin succeeded in procuring a similar grant to the one rejected to Brady-his emigrants were to be catholics; but it is believed that there was not one catholic among the whole original three hundred- Nolan was captured by Don Miguel Musquiz in the year 1801 some. time in the early part of spring perhaps in the month of l\farch- Names of the Americans captured
David Fero Robt Ashley Simon McCoy ·J. Waters Solomon Cole Eliaz Bin-(perhaps old Bean) 02 Jas Reed Wm Doniley ' Chals Quin or Guin Stephen Richards Joseph Pierre Thos Janes John Taisor Ephraim Blackburn Mitchell Moore (John Babtist & Robert two negroes) 7 Spaniards-
[T] hey were taken to Saltilio 93 --only [when] Americans reached there- tliey were [d]elivered at Saltillio 93 21 November 1801- 12 .Americans--7 Spainards-1 french negro, making 20 in all, four having rscaped at Nacogdoches. Rob_ert Ashley two others, & one of the negroes made their escape at Nacogdoches, and in 1803. Ashley attempted to form another company to carry out Noland's purposes; but it does not appear that he ever done anything- No. 16-61 [183-?, MIRABEAU BUONAPARTE LAMAR, HOUSTON? TEXAS] Notes upon the revolutionary career of Juan Bautista de las Casas, 1811, the ,Orcoquisas, and the election of Herrera and Saucedo as mili- tary and civil governors, 1811. A. Df. 3 p.
"'Ellis P. Bean. ••Saltillo.
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