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a ground to encamp on nearer town having 92 men with them. They pitched upon a point little above the Conception; camping there them• selves for the night. On the next morning they. found themselves surrounded; and had to fight- about 4 or 5 hundred yds from the Mission in a small bend of the river- This was the Battle of Con- ception- The Mexicans fled panic struck- Austin came up in the eveing; and sent in a communication to CoRs- Coss sent out an old priest Garza & a carts to bring in the dead. Maverick, was elected a member of the Convention from Bexar, but was taken sick on his way, (at Sanphilippi, where he remained, without being able to attend the body- BEXAR. Bexar was originally located about four miles above its present posi- tion; but the inhabitants being separated too far from their fields, and exposed by this seperation to great danger from the Indians; removed the town, to their fields so that they could have the protection which their houses would afford them from the assaults of the savages
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Information derived from .
Judge Smith Bexar
No. 2121 [c. 1841?, M. B. LAMAR, AUSTIN?] NOTES UPON THE "LINE DIVIDING TEXAS AND THE UNITED STATES" 57 I Line Dividing Texas & the U S - The commissioners met New Orleans Monday August 1839 _:__ ad- journed from then to -meet at the mouth of Sabine in October; met, but the U S commissioner in consequce of the absence of some of his officers, could not commence; The damd long & nonsensical discussion took place between Hunt & Overtun - Hunt was dismissed, & 22 l\Iay Smyth was apponted to run the line - His comission overtook him 20 miles above the mouth of the river where it empties into the lake. Ascended in the Alber Galatin - The work was completed about the first of July 1841 - Provisions had been made betwen the U S. & Mexico to have the line run in or about 1828 - Teran was the com- missioner appointed by his Govt. He repaird to Texas, but from some cause unknown, he was not met by the commissioner of the U S -· Teran, made some observations & returned home - [Endorsed]
Dividing Line Texas & U S
57 A. Df.
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