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before May or June next. Whatever can be done to forward the views of the commissioners, or promote the humane wishes of our Government, in reiation to the Indians, you may rest assured shall receive my hearty concurrence and the aid of my best exer- tions! Sam Houston (Rubric) Honble Mr. Ellsworth Indn Commr. [ Endorsed] : A Report to Honble Mr. Ellsworth Indian Commr. 1 Raguet Pape1·s, The University of Texas Library. James Prentiss Papers, The University of Texas Library. :?Henry L. Ellsworth, of Hartford, Connecticut, was Indian Commissioner nt Fort Gibson in 1832. See Grant Foreman, Pioneer Days in the Early Southwest, 87, 88, 89, 214. APPLICATION FOR HEADRIGHT IN AUSTIN'S COLONY 1 Mr. Commissioner I Sam Houston a native of the United States of the North, before you with the greatest respect, make known that my state is that of a married man:?, that I have en- tered the country with the object of acquiring lands for establish~ ing myself, and being desirous to obtain such as are suitable for the culture of cotton of a fine quality upon the Coast, I present myself to you in order that you will be pleased to admit me and give me possession of a league of land that is situated within the ten border leagues of the Coast, and upon the Creek or bayou called "Caranchuas Bay" and number 3 according to the plan of survey upon the right bank of that and the left of the little Bay called Kellers Bay for which object I present myself to you in order that you may be pleased to accede to my application and put me in possession of said land with the understanding that I offer to settle and cultivate it in conformity with the pro- visions of the law. Therefore I beg you will see proper to grant my request for which I shall be obliged. Sam Houston Town of Austin, 24th December 1832 The foregoing application of Sam Houston is granted and it is declared that the land solicited is vacant and it is ordered that it be surveyed by' the Surveyor Seth Ingram to the end that a cor- responding title issue to him. Austin.