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70 nar,v he saw came there by land: but
the evening he left tina, place. ne saw 2 ves .
sci in the bay, thar the ofhcer sa'u M M
com;nr 70 them with a reinforcement. tfe
likewise says, he heard they in'sndeu -
hn;ld fort. soon a,Oppelousas, Atsakapaancd
on'.s =. bnt he did not hear the of
6cer say it." 81 .c;l,s,,
Extract ofa letter from i'r. ZEN o10'ey
TO The secretary q u'ar, datex
NATcHITocHEs, July2, 1905.
GA man. by the name Of St. Ere arrived
here vesterday from the Spanish country.
He speaks French: l have sjust had some
convers,t;on with him. He says that there
are 500 families arrived at st. Antonio
settlers, with considerable reinforcement
Of TROOPS and that 100 soldiers were com.
ing 60 Nacogdoches, SO OF whom were 20
be there by the 18th inst" !.
Estract Of letter from captain turner 20
to. gen. Wilkinson, datsd fors 1'a'o07"e'
Naichitoches, Sept. 8, 1905. go.
). Abou, month ago MIR. Shaous' OF tnls
nlace, received letter dated ST. Antonio,
from Padre Puelle1, telling him that the
commandment general, Mr.. Grlmare' dl.ec'
from the court of Spain, was expected 10
August at the Rio Grand, where great
number Of people of the province OF ak
ina was 10 meet him; that ne was accomPa'
MED by Z companies coming TO -. nn.o'
MO. which place he was 70 make ms resi-
-dence. and that captain Amanguai was TO
be stationed with his full company at Ma
cogdoches. Mr.. Shabus received pass,
age from the governor of St. Antonlo' and
letter from the bishop, requesting nm
to come ON immediately to make prePara-
tons for the commandant general.
Said Shabus says that he the command.
ant general) was high in the confidence OF !
the court OF Spain, and sent an account OF
the limits. Six hundred families comlHg
from Spain to settle at Matagordo' mao pu'
into the Canary islands"
Extraa of a ierter from tbe Jane 10 the /4me,
dated Fart Claiborne, Natc6Itse6s', SEPTEMBER
80, 1905.
The new governor, Antonio c rdero, has ar
rived at St. Antonio.
Two men have arrived from Nssogdoches, ore
Of whom lays he faw letter from Nj. Barr 70
Davenport. written at St. Antonio, laying u a
he was waiting to fet GU, with the colonel. VINO
was TO tax. command Of Nacogdoches. ne was
10 have swo companies with him, one OF winch
was to reinforce the Orcoquiias and the o'nef 10
be divided between Nacogdoches and Adeis
The white men employed by the indlan agent
are now with me, and relate the tollow'ng~'
uAt about Fix days march, nearly ioul wen
lram here, they me 10 fights ofa lott OF 'tock.
ado, as we'll as they could judge from tho GU
tance thew faw it. They were d'eovsfed oy
the carlton. and number Of horfcmsn tfo the
amount of a, leaf fifty Immediately Had out
from OF near the picket work. in line, and gave
them chafe.; as they approached they ios'hea d
half ci;cle in order to encloie thems they, Tie
Americans, elcaped to the woods, which wefe
within league. !; the SPaniards continued the
pur(nit abou, fifteen miles. They imagined The
fort or picket work to be about one hundred a 20
twenty miles from this place, and is tirua'eo IA
open ground in the bottom OF aprar'e, at US
confluence of the Trioity and Snow rivers, about
twenty miles from the ies.
They were further informed that the place
where the fort is was called Ofcoquilas."
Exret7 Of kntr f.oa q Mr.. 5sbsjos, jon et
a colonel .J5o6stsr, Of Kentsety, 10 Dr.. S'dA.y,
deed
NAeoepocREs, 81 oR- 1905.
8" have chofsn this method Of informing you
of the receipt of letter erom MIR. BAR but a
few minsscs fhcc, which mentions that he will
be here the day after 10 morrow, accompanied by
the new cepmandaat, who had noder hi: charge
two companies of ifo each. The one is to be
Ration,d at the Trinity until further orders, the
other is for this place, with orders TO make il a
place Of Defence
| Estra9 sf kttsr from captain Bs1ot, 70 lieat.
col. Freeman, dated
OPPELoUsAs, 1915 Oa. 1905.
Yesterday ;ndue Collins wsitrd IN me and