The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-02

TO within ten leagues of the coast; and
along the coast. ten leagues from 10. 10 the
place Of beginning. This boundary n-
cluded 3hc tno lands Of the Trinity, Nechcs
aud Angelina: and with the exception OF
AuStln's grant Il was perhaps the most
desirable location In Texas.
When Edwards arrived In the United !
States be requested bis brother Benjamin !
w Edwards then Mt Jackson. MI s.. to !
visit Texas with a view Of aiding him In I
building up his colony. Benjamin Compue I'd Z
and al once journeyed to the now State !
and spent several mouths with stephen u. /
Austin, conperslng With him ON the subject I
Of the great enterprise Of peopling the conn
try With Americans from the United States ]
Edwards laborcd under a disadvantage In /
regard TO his colony from which Aus in F,
was entirely free. Part OF the Giwar Is ,
grant was occupied by MexiCaus aud the |
old settlers OF the neutral ground" while
that OF Austin was unsettled The MeNi- !
cans about Nacogdoches had hut recently
returned there having lied with Long from
the vengeance OF Colonel Perez. They
cans, ana entirely unwilling that an Ameri-
can should be placed over them. Some ~
them, too, were bad men who had ned
to the confines of Mexico to avoid tine
punishment due their crimes Our readers
Will understand that Eastern Texas was
within the confines Of Mexico az that time
Many Americans were here as well as
Mexicans long before these contractors for
colonstS came upon the scene. Many of
these had settled in a strip Of lana near
the sabine river called the 'ue'4ral
oijonti e., ,iiIc,P r,i To- ~" .''gui..
onposad To MI rnies and oiI Snbordi,otinn
Of any kind. With such men as these I'D.
r,arf as 0"' LIS WI
Among the settlers found In this colony
was Colonel Ellis i Bean very noted
with many oJventiircs in rovss ord NJ
co He cane TO The country with PHI In
Nolan and others and In a battle With the
i-iiicd Rosn was cort,,rod va NU ,ti "as
Mexico and there lrprisoned for iocg
r rlnei nnt ne vas nnally released during
tbe ~ % set, ~ Vu..s. ~ uhuJ ~
r"voi rSrse apd ioi,,aJ ~ I'm uvSe, gu ~
Morales and Was in many desn lapo "a ,eI bn,
Ties but Morales wos Killed ond tbe az
of Tho revnlntion d,ing n,,t u auu y ,s III III
visited his naive Stafe ~ Te,,noss .olt Tiiu
.nows Of the liberation of WovirsI,T H., i.i ny
for cotoniets indncnd bi,, N,t" ou" wy '"ll
Tovas and he IocntcJ bin,snIc ~ W. wv S 80
1 Prairie tbe ancient tn,rI = nv, Srg Nl"uI9
obtgined from, tbe Ntoyi, w, leAaS, anu anu
his services in the rHvniti IN raf', 10,
a grant for - Iest,o ~ f'iin,. y ISlyIl ~ 70
! residence VI i"nu lncI'u'ng MS
After making necessary ARRANGEMENTS :,
Havdan EdwsrJs sn{ W. il fe ON co'0hlsts
and reached Nacog6ocb6s iV u.,t ~ ne" none
I ahout tbe middie aF Mn nIS IaIlily
/ want of convnv,,, U D,,',' l9- 20, me
renortino bis arrir "IS ~, c.lSu MN from
at sam 2ntonjn baf, ~ wv ,ut llo'it ~ Cilel
/ Following Un tbsD Ir ~ Uo5 oI JansuuIE
81 ~
EFFORT since HE o,ri,aT uS s MS pYss
and nereiIndo ~ i ni % itStore oruef
selves nnder mo 1919 a" Psace tnsIn,
,,onoroI III , ny 'dM anu Jnat ne hNl
eyneptioS,. Sut ,ba WIN some two or three
7 vedn and ,7is D., 80 ''ao HnIuuiu HePul-
nen-tbe frsf had 49, ' "u+ ~ 's Jim, Us
drafts for mCrev and lana IN ti} % 60, oIslIus
the other Ind fSd from Gov, t ,I,'un i"I Sait
United States, leaving his family tbern.
and Procela since he had come to Nacog.
Az on1, G i,st peen acting us aeaIde same
thing unhcard Of IN tbe laws a
public. Edwards further said that his
PoSPeC us, lot Iuinulng ms contract were
of all Of his ofsrIoi nrfs bipta ,n eo{i H., =
If these turbulent characters md hce1
S fnil, OF me lnited States he would
manner ne no b ann III very snerse5lc
his contract This letter was nor relisbed
~ the political chief EdwardS h d re
iefred 10 the ignorance of these two bad
CudihttegS' = neE were McNicanS-so was
tue chleI. But there was another cause
TT1tvteN swept ny the invasion OF Long.
mere WIS NOT u human helnE left TO gov
en- en- OF ne governed; Nor ala they return
~, Tohle luic' lIeElouS 10 lhlH there
T ru ueeu ulaue a rev Ola grants OF land.
ne owners II awe had lett the country
t anu nus 81 tue grants nad lapSed for
nut WIT ol an owner; After Mexico had
ayhleIrI hrr independence few Of the
VIZ tl,lHeus OF N''"Edocues mad come IN,
~. ~, - Solle newcomers so thnt by the
iiHe EuWaTus rtached there the town and
nt'lnnlF around Included about 100 people
81 al aseS anu c9orS indians MeXicanS
~ tv"i vi n t'c' A1!ohg lnetn came Snpvl'
tu1 anu Ir"r"3; tlnuLnE me lands likely
10 ute"ne N1luane SepuIVeda became very
IVA -, '.uN a. IN svIlluN w "lu uI.oS % I'hd'
an" NJ, WheH ~ urgans necessary 70 make nm
ON '''le ne engaged In that business also
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BY the second article I'm tbe cop+roo, -,
Edwards tho rossoss,ors ,s,,,, ~ ,,e' VI
Nv "9 tn, PoSse97'o"s l"unu IN Nacos
doches and ITS vicinity with the correspond
ing titles were to be expected by the rolo
MIST and IL was r,s5e tho drt, 80 81.
80 - Iia"1 Tug uu'S o. huWdfa'
should any OF these old poSsessors claim
their rights TO respect them peuding an
Investigation In order "a sscartai, H. 49,
..r,.t- " "1oI- '"iu Tue "a
'enl Oh these Claims towards Ia November
1925, gave notice for all persons hay ne
sucn titles 10 producs Then, in orlar ~ a,
they be received or reiccf-d accoriine - a,
law. In was also stated mn if thsse ci,irn ~
ants DID NOT present their fitie. f5air i,,,i.
wou.d he sold and those Who bad in :,