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314 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
over-exertion. There were at least forty or fifty of these Indians-
Wacoes and Tawacanies. They were well provided with ropes and
bridles and had doubtless come on a stealing expedition. The sur-
vivors left the Colorado without committing any depredations.
As we were now reduced to but nine mounted men, two of whose
horses were already broken down, father was constrained to forego
the pursuit of the thieves who had stolen the cavallada and return
home. That evening we traveled about five miles on our return
and slept at a spring about three miles above the present town of
LaGrange.
Immediately after father returned home and reported to Col.
Austin, he received the following order.
"You will call a muster of your company and endeavor to raise
volunteers to go against the Indians. If you cannot get volunteers
enough to make one fourth the number of men composing your
company, you will raise them by draft. You will rendezvous at this
place with it least one fourth the men composing your company on
the 12th September next, armed and equipped as the law directs,
with provisions for a campaign of forty days. By order of S. F.
Austin [.]
CAPT. ABNER KUYKENDALL. OLIVER JONES, adjt."
Similar orders were issued to the other captains of Militia in the
Colony. The greater part of the required number of men volun-
teered. The deficiency was supplied by draft. The contingents of
the different companies convened on the east side of the Colorado
about twelve miles below the present town of LaGrange, between
the 15th and 20th September, 1829. The entire force of nearly one
hundred mounted men was placed by Austin under the command
of my father.' Adjutant Jones accompanied the expedition. A
Mexican who had resided with the Wacoes and Tawacanies and who
professed to be well acquainted with the route to the San Saba river,
where the Indians were supposed to be, was employed as a guide.
The second night after leaving the place of rendezvous we slept at
Alum Creek at the point where it is crossed by the San Antonio
road. Thence our guide led us nearly due north until we crossed
the river San Gabriel; thence up the north side of that stream to the
head of its north branch; thence to the head of what is now known'See note 1 at the close of this paper.
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