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ALMONTE'S REPORT.
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300; San Patricio, 600; total 4,000. Deducting
600 for the municipality of San Patricio (an Irish
settlement), the Mexican population had declined
from 6,400 to 3,400 between 1806 and 1834. This
is the only district of Texas in which there are no
negro labourers. Of the various colonies introduced
into it, only two have prospered; one of
Mexicans, on the river Guadalupe, by the road
which leads from Goliad to San Felipe; the other
of Irish, on the river Nueces, on the road from Matamoros
to Goliad. With the exception of San
Patricio, the entire district of Bexar is peopled by
Mexicans. The greater part of the lands of Bexar
can easily be irrigated, and there is no doubt that so
soon as the Government, compassionating the lot
(suerte) of Texas, shall send a respectable force to
chastise the savages, the Mexicans will gladly hasten
to colonise those valuable lands which court their
labour.
" Extensive undertakings cannot be entered on in
Bexar, as there is no individual capital exceeding
10,000 dollars. All the provisions raised by the inhabitants
are consumed in the district. The wild
horse is common, so as rarely to be valued at more
than 20 rials (about 10 shillings British) when
caught. Cattle are cheap; a cow and a calf not
being worth more than 10 dollars, and a young bull
or heifer from 4 to 5 dollars. Sheep are scarce, not
exceeding 5,000 head. The whole export trade is
confined to from 8,000 to 10,000 skins of various
kinds, and the imports to a few articles from New
Orleans, which are exchanged in San Antonio for
peltry or currency (peleteria y metalico).
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Kennedy, William. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2, book, 1841; London, England. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/m1/79/: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.