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honesty and integrity the foregoing facts will be the best com- mentary. They must also abide the judgment of the people. Sam Houston Commander-in-Chief of the Army. 1 Yoakum, Histo1·y of ·Texas, II, 460-470. Brown, History of Texas, I, 502-516. Brown, Life of Henry Smith, 209-230. Johnson-Barker, Texas a.nd Texans, I. 374-382. 2 Almanzon Huston (this name is also found spelled Houston) was one of the representatives from San Augustine to the Consultation. He and his colleague, Jacob Garrett, arrived in San Felipe about October 16, 1835. The Consultation met, but was immediately adjourned until November 1 (Gammel, Laws of Texas, I, 509). Almanzon Huston was also a member d the Council of the Consultation, and was on the subcommittee appointed to draw up the military organization of the Provincial Government. He read the report of this military committee, while Henry Smith read that of the committee on civil government organization. On November 14, A. Huston (the man always signed his name "A. Huston," and is generally mentioned thus) was appointed Quartermaster General of the Texas Army, and accompanied Austin, Archer, and Wharton to New Orleans, where he arranged for the purchase of supplies. He served in this position till March 18, 1837 (Comptroller's Military Service Records). Stephen F. Austin had great confidence in Almanzon Huston, and said of him: "..• He is a good man, and wishes to do all he can & never to travel beyond the strict sphere of his duty." Executive Record Book No. 34, p. 383. 3 See Houston to Smith, January 17, 1836. ~Generai Eciward Burleson. For biog1·aphical sketches see thEc Dict-ion- ar11 of American Biography, III, 286-288. Lam,ar Papers, passim. J. W. Wiltarger, lndicm Devredations in Texas, 33-37. Texas State Gazette, Jan• uary 3, 1852. Thrall, History of Texas, 507-511 . .;This letter may. be found in toto in the following sources: Executive Records Book No. 9, Texas State Library. Consultation Papers (the orig- inal), ibid. W. C. Binkley, Offic.ial Correspondence of the Texmi Revolut·ion, 1835-1836. oJames Walker Fannin. For biographical sketches, see Dict-ionary of Ame1·ican Bion1·aphy, VI, 263-264. The Quarterly, VII, XXIII, 79-90, 171- 213, 271-283. Numerous Fannin letters may be found in the A·rmy Papers, Texas State Library. See also Binkley, Official Con·esponclence of the Texas Revolution, vassi-m. 7 See Houston to Henry Smith, January 8, 1836.
T'o THE BOWL 1
Nacogdoches, Texas, 5th Feby. 1836. My friend, To-day I heard that you were in trouble, and that you have called upon the Red brothers of all the Tribes to come; and hold a Talk with you! When you were last in this place,
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