Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 6, Number 2, May 1996 Page: 106
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Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal
Black's Bluff
Ala.
25. Charles William Tait to James Asbury Tait,
April 20, 1854
Port Lavaca Calhoun County Texas
April 20th 1854
Dear Father
Mr Forbes has this day made me a deed to
the land adjoining me & I have given him drafts,
on Messrs Boykin McRae & Foster, in the ag-
gregate amounting to seven thousand dollars.
I left home on the 17th inst having that day
recd Messrs Boykin &c letter, all were well.
We had a son born on the 13th of April, &
wish you to send a name for him
Col: Turner will probably start the last of
this month to Ala. to put his daughter to school
at Camden. I will give the Col: a letter of intro-
duction to you
Your affectionate son C Wm Tait
Jas A Tait Esqr
Black's Bluff
Ala.
26. Charles William Tait to Robert Tait, May
14, 1854
Columbus Texas, May 14th 1854
Dear Brother
I recd a letter from you not long since, the
exact date I do not recollect, as I have mislaid
the letter. I believe too it is the second letter I
have recd from you without answering.
We are all well at present (gracias a Dios).
We had a son born on the 13th of April, & learn
from a letter to James that Felix had a daughter
born on the 18th of the same month. We are
expecting to hear by the next letter that you have
an heir also Advise Pa & Ma to get a large book
to register the names of their grand-children in,
as they will soon be too numerous to remember
I have written to Pa to send a name for my son,I had such bad luck with my first son, that I
conclude not to give any more of my fancy
names. My daughter Caroline is growing very
fast, and is very talkative (which is nothing
remarkable for a female) She loves her uncle
James very much, as he takes a good deal of
notice of her. He in playing with her makes me
think of you & sister Caroline when she was
small. I think sometimes my Caroline looks
very much like her Aunt did at her age.
When my brother James first came out I fre-
quently called him Rob, without thinking, he
reminded me so much of you; tho' I think in
feature he resembles Fe more than he does you.
James is beginning to talk of returning to Ala.,
he has been sufficiently amused cow-driving,
has seen a good many mustangs, & is now only
waiting for us to build a pen to catch some. He
thinks of taking back one of the Paint poneys I
got for him. He has killed one deer since he has
been in Texas, & probably seen a thousand.
I have not killed a deer this year, neither did
I kill a bear last winter. I have had but poor
success raising horses. I had but four foaled last
spring & but one of them is alive now. Faunita
has but one left, of two, & that looks very puny
at present. The colts died of the distemper.
There are a great many fine horses brought to
Texas, & my chances of improving my stock
are nearly as good as yours. I have two fine
mules foaled this spring. I intend to purchase a
Jack the first good opportunity. As to dogs, I
have nearly run out of stock. Old Rogue is dead,
& the only hounds on the place are two grand
pups of his, about four months old. The bears
are so scarce now that I do not have much use
for hounds. I am getting some curs however to
manage my cattle with, & would be glad if I
could get some of the stock of the Cuba Blood-
hound. writing of dogs reminds that I have yet
hand two bear-skins one for you & one for
Felix, which I will send first chance. Thinking
of bear-skins reminds me of Strahan, he is about
as near out of dogs as I am; he hunts very little106
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