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Life of General Don Manuel de Mier y Terdn
all Texas commerce come that way: the people of
B6xar, on the contrary, want the use of the Bay of
Espiritu Santo, and that all boats be unloaded at the
nearest anchoring grounds. According to the people
of Bexar, the Government wishes to close both afore-
mentioned bays, and open that of Corpus Christi, into
which the Nueces empties, so that in case Texas sep-
arates from Coahuila, the developed port will not be
taken along.
Occasionally an agent from the Government, who
has charge of authorizing the acts of possession on the
part of the colonists, stays at the colony. For this serv-
ice they pay him 60 pesos, with a 3-4 year appointment,
in specie. He feels humiliated among the colonists
because of his low pay which does not even cover the
expense of his trips to Bexar. The colonists are not
agreed as to what his pay should be.35
Since there are a number of lawyers, there are very
many disputes, of which the Mexican magistrates take
no notice. Though the ayuntamiento should meet at
least once a week, the colonists have increased the
stretch of time to once a month, in order that their
work in the fields may not be interrupted. This is the
first year that they have had a council, and they are
looking forward impatiently to the time when they
will enjoy full political rights, and they believe that
they will have great influence on the affairs of state.
The harvest of maize comes to 4,000 fanegas
[bushels].
From the 27th of April to the 7th of May, there
were high winds from the SE, changing to the East in
the mornings, and carrying many high clouds. From
the night of the 30th to the 1st there was a tempest
lasting from 8 at night to 6 in the morning. The clouds
came from the NW and E, and the wind was variable,
but generally from the SE. There was a heavy rain,
and the river began to rise at midnight, and each day
rose 2 or 3 feet more until the 7th of May.
May 7th:-Some descent in the river was noted.
The wind was slight, from the NE, in the afternoon
from the SE, and at night there was almost a calm,
with a slight breeze from the E. The sky was filled
with thick clouds.
Stephen Austin asserts that a colonist found the
skeleton of a mammoth on the banks of the Brazos,
3SA law passed six days after this was written fixed the commissioner's
fee, which was to be paid by the colonist, at fifteen dollars for a league
of pasture land and two dollars for a "labor" of arable land. See E. C.
Barker, The Life of Stephen F. Austin, 157-158.123
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