PAPERS OF MIRABEAU BuoNAPABTE L.uuR 277 pedition but found no enemy & achieved nothing They started about August, or sometime in the summer - One Indian in a staling party was killed on the sulpher in December. 1841 - by Jason Wilson - This terminated ·the Indian wars on that frontier - Capt. Stout came to Texas Febry. 1836 - was in the Battle of San- jacinto The Law establishig minute men - Under this Law there was but one Compny on the Red River Frontier - commanded by Wm. Becknell, Red River County. Nothing however was accomplished not a single Indian was killed. Becknell was appointed by the US Govt. to run off and measure the road from Missourie to Santafe - which he did - From lndependnce Missorie to Santa fe is 800½ miles as stated by Becknell; so I am told - He has participated in all the dangers of the frontier, and is a brave backwoods man - He raised a compny in 1836 in that sec- tion & joined the army at Victoria - There were many alarms & small parties would occasionally go out for a few days, but the foregoing statemt contains the most of the military operations of that Quarter against the Indians
[Endorsed] Statement· of the Indian Ware on the Red River border furnished by Capt. Stout. From 1836 upto 1843
Thie fellow Stout has been reprei:iented to me as a great scoundrel, who had fled from justice in the United States In the winter 1847 & 8 he was member of the Legislature in Austin No. 2466 [1850f], J. A. JONES, [GEORGIA], TO [ANDREW JOHNSON?, WASHINGTON, D. C. ?] Acknowledging receipt of a life of Houston under frank. Copy. 1 p. Note of Lamar appended. No. 2467 [c. 1850f, W. D. C.?] HALL. THE MEXICAN WAR OF INDE- . PENDENCE IN TEXAS, 1812-13"" 8 An expedition was commenced in July 1812 by Bernardo Guterees a Mexican who had suffered in the revolution of 1808 in wltich the cele- brated Delgardo [sio] lost his head and his adherents were compelled to fly their country. Bernardo was nominally the commander when Col. McGee was in fact the commander. The place of rendezvous was crows ferry on the Sabine river--many of the most respectable young men joined the expedition from a spirit of chivalry & conceiveing in
•A. Df. of W. T. Austin.
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