WRITINGS OF SAM HOUSTON, 1835
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Sutler to Copano, and on tomorrow- I will trust that he may be appointed - Business for tonight employs me - Tell him to rely upon me, as I have assured my friend Col. Millard Houston. Wallace is important to me, as I hope to go on to the Indians, .and wish him for the Secy to the Commissioners of the Treaty. P. S. When I say " Houston will be on the march I mean; the army staff will be, at least a part of Houston- if last not least. Pray send Wallace, and the papers necessary to hold the Treaty. He is your protogee, and a fine fellow- I will that he should be all you wish him- I will do or die. Houston. [ Addressed] : To Col. D. C. Barrett San Felipe de Austin Texas Capt Poe [Endorsed]: Saml Houstons Letter Washington Dec 30, 1835 1 Anny Pcipers, Texas State Library. ~see Sonthwestern I-Iisto1•ical Quarterly, XX, 139-145, for biography of Don Carlos Barrett. 3 Captain George Washington Poe. ◄Benjamin C. Wallace died with Fannin's men on March 27, 1836. He was a major and second in command of the Texas forces at Goliad. ~Wyatt Hanks, representative from the Municipality of Jasper. He, D. C. Barrett, and Alex Thompson, were the members of the Council who served longest and most faithfully. To HENRY SMITH 1 Headquarters, Washington, December 30, 1835 Sir: I have the honor to enclose to you a muster roll of Cap- tain P. S. Wyatt\ and one also from Captain King 3 • Both the company and the detachment are under the command and sub- ject to the orders of Captain Wyatt. I have had much difficulty in getting them to volunteer for any definite period. But the or- dinance left a discretion with me to accept their services for such time as I "might think the good of the service required." I did think it necessary to specify some certain time, and that time, I conceived, ought not to be less than three months; if so, it would be burdensome to the country, without any corresponding benefit. I think they will eventually all volunteer for during the war. They are all on the march for Copano, where I design they
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