The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 21

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Excerpt from The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 21: January, 1918There dissatisfaction already existed over the 12} cent fee which the settlers had agreed to pay, and in an Open letter of August 6, Austin mode it plain that they must fulfill their con tracts. He had risked his life, health, and property in the enter prise, and would make the fortunes of all his followers, to the ex pense already borne he must still add that of surveying and of issuing and recording titles, the government did not pay a cent toward these expenses, and a moment's re¿ection would convince them that they must 'help him a little. Those who could must pay money, others any kind of property that would not be a dead loss to him - horses, mules, cotton, hogs, poultry, furs, beeswax, home-made cloth, dressed deerskins, etc., - part down and the bal ance in two, three, and four years. Most of what he collected would really go to improve the colony, so that all would benefit from it.49 Four days later Bastrop, whom the Governor had ap pointed commissioner to extend titles to the settlers, pointed out to them some of the advantages which they enjoyed through Aus tin's labors: his. Grant was confirmed, their titles were secure, and would be issued at once, no other contract had been approved, Austin's grant was limited to three hundred families, Austin was absolute in determining who should be received into the colony, and those rejected by him. Would have to retire to. The interior, there to await the disposition of the government.50 The mur muring continued, but for a time they paid the fee.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.