17 July. 1826
Dear sir
I have sent my son and Capt. Chrisman down to meet you and
Mr- Castleman at your office in respect of Mr- Castleman's
Improvement I wish to leave it to yourself Capt. Chrisman and Mr-
Castleman and whatever you agree on will satisfy me, paying him in cattle
or any kind of Mirchandise that I have, I understood your Brother
Brown that you were wanting Beeves. I have two one of them Being
a very Excellent one. If you can make any arrangement with
castleman I will drive them down to you.—We are all arlarmed here
on account of Indians and have moved down to Milicans, But as yet
we have seen no Indians—I should take it a favour of Mr- Castleman,
as I am now on way down If I could at any leisure time I have be
moving part of my Property on to the ground.—
James Hope.
Col. Stephen F. Austin.