I conceive it to be my duty to inform your Lordship, that, a few
days since, a parcy of about sixty Comanche and Tahuacano Indians,
visited the settlement of the Empresario, Green De Witt. In the
town of Gonzales in the Guadalupe, they killed one man and wounded
another; they destroyed all the furniture of Mr Kerr's house, and
stole all the horses they could find. The settlers retreated to this
Colony, not knowing what to do; they had a certain quantity of corn
sowed, and, but for this unfortunate occurrence, their Colony would
be in a very thriving condition.
Mr Kerr was absent at the time; so soon as he heard of it he
returned to Gonzales with a party of men from Colorado. The
Indians have disappeared, and he writes to me that he will shortly go to
Bexar, to make his report to your Lordship, in person.
God and Liberty
Stephen F. Austin.
San Felipe de Austin, July 17th, 1826.