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will improve much. You all enjoy great advantages, and I will pray for the blessings of God upon you all and hope you will "remember your Creator in the days of your youth." These matters have very few charms for the gay and thought- less, but they are of the last importance to the dying! Remember them, Dear Boy, never associate with those who cast derisions on holy things, sneer at the teachings of the Bible. Shun the appearances of evil. I send you, my Son, a letter, I presume from Miss Sallie, and I hope that you will write her a neat reply. We all send love to you, and I hope that you will write me a handsome reply. Regards to Colonel Allen and Lady. Thy devoted Father Sam Houston [Rubric] [Addressed] : Master Sam Houston, Bastrop, Texas. 1 From the original in the Temple Houston Morrow Collection of Houston Materials. By courtesy of Mr. Morrow.
To JOHN H. CONNER 1 Executive Department, January 30th, 1860.
Captain John H. Conner Sir: It has just been intimated to me by Mr. Reid,2 the Repre- sentative, that Indians may probably be found upon the head waters of the Llano and the Guadalupe. You will therefore, keep a constant lookout in that quarter. Should you strike the trail of the Indians, you will pursue them with a portion of your com- mand, say forty men, leaving a sufficient guard, so posted as to give the most efficient protection to the frontier inhabitants. Mr. Reid also informs me that you will have no difficulty in finding the Indians, and much is expected of your command. I most sincerely hope that public expectation will not be dis- appointed. In your pursuit of the Indians, you can get much valuable information from the people of which you had best avail your- self. Sam Houston. 1Executive Records, 1859-1861, p. 30, Texas State Library. For a brief sketch of John H. Co~nor, see Houston to Connor, January 9, 1860, in this volume.
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