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INDIAN WARS AND PIONEERS OF TEXAS.
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skirts of the city, and in a conversation concerning
the city's growth, Mr. Astor said, that the metropolis
would soon cover the vast scope of country
then embraced in farms, and that there was the
place for young men to invest their earnings.
While in New York, and still undecided as to
where he would settle, Mr. Fordtran met the
former gardener of the Duke of Oldenburg, of his
native country, who, through some unfavorableliterature to change their destination to Texas,
and, accordingly, reached Austin's settlements on
the Brazos early in January, 1831.
There Mr. Fordtran met Padre Muldoon, Samuel
M. Williams and other men of local note, by whom
he was welcomed and soon made to feel at home.
Col. Williams gave him his first employment, namely,
making the boundary of the two leagues of land
which he (Williams) had secured as a grant fromCHARLES FORDTRAN.
turn of fortune, had been reduced to poverty, and
was anxious to go West and begin life anew. Mr.
Fordtran volunteered to help the gardener and his
good wife out, and as their guide and counselor
took passage on a ship bound for one of the Southern
ports, whence the party designed going to the
then newly created State of Missouri. Aboard the
ship they fell in with an enterprising Yankee who
had some interests in Texas and who was distributing
literature, telling of the wonders of the country.
They were induced by Mr. Yankee and hisStephen F. Austin. Mr. Fordtran was given one
of these leagues for surveying and locating the
other.
After being in the country something over a year
he was stricken down with fever and becoming discouraged
determined to return North. He had improved
his land in the meantime and collected about
him some stock and implements of husbandry. He
offered all his possessions for $1,000, but could not
find a purchaser, and finally left what he had in the
hands of friends and started away in search of
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Brown, John Henry. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, book, 1880~; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6725/m1/622/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.