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I have no news apart from the incursions of the enemy and efforts made by them to incite the Indians along our line of frontier. Sam Houston [ Endorsed] : To Captain Elliot, H.B.M. Ch. d' A Judge Eve Am Ch.D' A Recorded Sept. 20th, 1842. 1The original is in the possession of Mr. Al Dealey, Dallas, Texas. 2The bracketed inftials are in the original letter, as copied here. To MORGAN c. HAMILTON 1 City of Houston, September 20th, 1842. Mr. Hamilton: Sir- All that you could do at the Island would be to see and report. Mr. Borden will not have time to attend to matters. It will be well to order the lower cou.nties by Victoria to San Antonio, and let the others go directly. The troops from above must be sustained, if the main body is above. An eye to Austin will distract their arrangements some- what. I do not think a large force will advance by the lower route ; and if it should, the troops passing by Victoria, will meet it. We must not divert the troops from the centre: it must be sustained. Brazoria, Colorado, and Matagorda are the lower counties al- luded to. Sam Houston.
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1 Executive Record Book, No. 40, p. 146, Texas State Library. To MORGAN c. HAMILTON 1
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City of Houston, September 20th, 1842. Mr. Hamilton: A moment's reflection tells me that the enemy had two or more objects in view. The first was to make San Antonio a prominent point of attraction, so as to leave Austin, exposed, and sack and burn it. The advance of a small party upon Goliad is to detain a portion or all the troops of the lower Brazos and Guadalupe from San Antonio, so that the retreat and junction of those, now there, with the force sent to Austin will be effective, without danger to
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