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to establish and work his find. The gold hunters set out with high hopes of finding great wealth, but after searching for the mine for several months, this expedition also became a failure. See Winkler (ed.), Secret Journals of t.he Senate, Republic of Texas, 1896-1845, 90-99. J. H. Brown, Histo111 of Texas, II, 335. The Quarte,·ly, Texas State Historical Association, VIII, 267. H. H. Bancroft, Arizona and New Mexico, 327.
To HENRY RAGUET 1
Columbia Texas 26th Jany 1837 Dear Sir, If opportunity should offer I would be greatly obliged if you cou'd obtain my news papers, and letters from Fort Jesup. You will doubtless have waggons passing to, and from Natchitoches, and cou'd in that way .get them sent on to you. Since I left Nacogdoches I have not received one News paper or letter, except by General Mason.~ If postage is wanting, send it on to the Post Master of the Fort, and forward me a Bill, and I will remit it to YOUi with pleasure. If you should not deem me troublesome, I shou'd be obliged if you wou'd enquire, for a horse which I left at Naches, at Betts; as I came on to this place last fall. I gave Maxwell an order for him (Maxwell the carpenter) but have neither heard of Maxwell or the horse since, I gave him the order. If you cou'd employ Parete, to go for my horse, and leave him in the care of [Mr.] Reid, 5 or Mr. John Durst; 4 I should be glad. I hope we will soon have mails established, from the army to the Sabine. If in the meantime it should be necessary to send communications to the seat of Government your are authorized to employ an express, or Expresses. I pray you to make my very respectful salutations to Mrs. & Miss Raguet, and make my respects to our friends Generally. Sam Houston [Rubric] To Colonel H. Raguet [Addressed] : To Colonel H. Raguet Nacogdoches Texas 1 Raguet Papers, The University of Texas Library. 2 John Thomson Mason. See Houston to James Prentiss, May 24, 1832. 3 1\fr. Reid was the son of Colonel John Reid of Virginia (see Houston to Major Abram Maury, December 13, 1823). He had immigrated to Texas in the late months of 1836, and was prospecting the country with the intention of settling (see Houston to Irion, January 23, 1837). 4John Durst was a native of Arkansas County, Missouri (The South· western Histo1-ical Quarterly, XXVIII, 21-22). He came to Texas in 1823, located at Nacogdoches, and became a very prominent figure in the business and political affairs of that municipality. Among other enterprises he was
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