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me altough not recently yet a to well acquainted subject the county of bosque entirely newly inhabited and only adjacent to the lower boundary is in a shocking state of excitement but one or two are of the older settlers of our frontier, and a few more who have been residing in the lower portions of the state and lately removed there seem to be full of the savage imagination of warfare hardly ever practical on our frontier in the carless his- tory of our wars and having particular in a few of the latter cam- pains in our war in the coast and western defense wish to be entitled to more predicting Knowledge alarming the new emmi- gration extensively. the population being new and lonly com- mencing are prevented from prosecuting their agricultural pur- suits wich are the same needed for the present and coming em- migration when among them i have thought it best for a few sturdy men employed in patrolling around them be it 10 or 20 can do more than 50 or a 100 a large company would call the labor- ing class from their proper Sphere a matter which has ever been a calamity to this particular section of country your constitutionall means are best Known to your selfes the petition was drawn by the first signer left at a house where the first passers by at- tached all the names of the adjoining settlements and handed to me to get more names and forward to you excellency i have pre- sented it and sounded a large majority who with me are in favour of a squad of temporary rangers for the pacification of the fron- tier more than probable fighting the upper parts of Bosque and Coryell countys for more than 140 miles is a completely unsettled territory up to the line of posts hardly known to any one but myself and surveying companys in wich capacity i have here latly traveled it but lately on account of the reservation of the public domain for railroad purposes stopped the business therein I do not intirly site with the verbing of the petition but for quiet ness will not counter wit it and with many others am willing to assist all we can to bring about the settlement of the frontier wich has been in this section very backward i also sent a state- ment of all that has been done and what intelligence i have been able to obtain leaving the matter to your better and abler judgement. I am with high Esteem
Your Obt servant G. B. ERATH
[Endorsed] G B Erath
Waco 17 April '54 Answd
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