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of the effect of 4 months as hot weather as ever you saw for days.
Maria received a letter last summer from Jane. She expressed dis-
satisfaction at the terms on which Garner was brought away. Do when
it is practicable pay Jane all she asks &c I will pay Maria as much. I
cannot contend for my Mother's property & though she [Carner] is a
bad girl, she is good to me when I am sick, &c it is then I want her.
Mr. Kenney turned over my letter just now to see if I had given
you a description of San Felipe. Well it is just such a place at Hartford
[Kentucky] without its brick buildings. The Brazos is as large as
Green river & always muddy. There is a bottom of mud & timber
4 miles wide on the opposite side from town, &c back of town a world
of untenanted pra[i]rie to the Colorado 26 miles. There can never be
a settlement around town to support it. Marketing is very high: tavern
bill $2 per day, board $13 per month. Political feeling &c party spirit
are warm here as in the U.S. Those whom Austin favored most in
the settlement of his colony are now his bitterest enemies. He has
been imprisoned in the City of Mexico for more than 12 months
&c the colony is in a perfect political ferment. I would take a whole
letter to give you any idea of the anarchy & confusion of the Govern-
ment of Texas. I have not been here enough to take an interest in
their cabals. The North Americans look on the Mexicans as more
contemptable than a troop of slaves, &c treat those who live among
them accordingly. There are none but the lower class in the colony.
I have seen one youth of better caste who was really interesting & well
informed &c spoke English fluently. They are receding to the interior
as the Americans approach &c will either acquire our habits or leave
us....
L. A. McHenry
La Bahia Crossing, Brazos.
July 4th 1835
Dear Brother,
I have really been intending to write to you so long, I am almost
tempted to apologize for the omission. The best reason I have to
give is I live so secluded I rarely ever hear of any one leaving for
the U.S. untill the opportunity is past. I have been on a visit to the
first friends I made in the Colony (Capt. [John W.] Hall's family)
"oJohn W. Hall was one of Austin's original colonists. In March, 1835, he helped397
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