Philip Dimmitt to Stephen F Austin, 10-15-1835 Philip Dimmitt Project Director and Editor Andrew J. Torget Creation of XML version Debbie Liles Initial TEI Formatting Stephen Mues Programmatic and Manual TEI P5 Compliance Ben W. Brumfield Digital Stephen F. Austin Papers 04-04-2011 Stephen F Austin Goliad, Texas Unknown Eugene Barker, ed., The Austin Papers, (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1927), 3 vols., Vol 3, pp. 185-186 Eugene Barker's summaries and footnotes Letter 10-15-1835 Programmatic restructuring and manual clean-up to comply with TEI P5 2.3.0 Restructured to meet TEI P5 standards Digital creation of XML file

Announcing his succession to command of the post. Suggesting capture of Lipantitlan. Sending certain Mexican volunteers to Austin

Goliad Oct. 15—1835

8. in the morning

To Genl. S F Austin Com. in Ch. of the army of the people,

Sir

I dispatch this by J. A. Padilla, With a Small detachment of Creole troops. These may be made very useful perhaps, if retained as expresses—and are placed at Your disposal. The broken battallion organized here on the arrival of Capt Smith and Alley, became disaffected Yesterday and dissolved. This event, together with the consent of Capt Alley, leaves me in command of this post.

I am satisfactorily informed that there are at the Cantonement on the Nueces, 3 ps Small Brass Cann. a considerable supply of arms and amunition, and a Valuable Caballada, and only 30 or 40 men. I Suggest the propriety of reducing this post. It will give security to the frontier, Supply us with some important means of defence, Strike a panic and encourage the counter revolution in the interior and if a dash were made on Matamoras the Stroke—might be followed by the most important consequence to the present and future repose of Texas.

My individual means and services are at the disposal of my adopted country, to free Texas of an armed Soldiery.

The Detachment which goes with Padilla is commanded by Sen Placido Venevedas.

Doct. Baylor goes with them, and can give you much important information He is a gentleman, and a soldier was in action at the Storm of this post, and behaved bravely

Capt. Collinsworth has returned to Bay Prairie' for more men. A few are expected here to day from Power's Colony below this.

Padilla and Placido Venevedas are in favor of receiving the privates, Captured here, into our service—But I am afraid; Your order on this subject, however, as on all others, herein submitted, are solicited; and every exertion will be made, which depends on me, and on those under my immediate command, to execute them.

Amongst those who took possession of this fort, there has been no dissenting, no dissatisfaction; they all have acted, and still act, in concert. It is greatly to be regreted that this is not the case in every instance, Every effort should be made by all, but more especially by those of the staff, to keep dissention out of our camps.

P. Dimitt Capt.