A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . ^° ^^Texas. They had built villages and engaged in farming, tosome extent, near Nacogdoches and along the Neches andTrinity, and they were anxious to have the titles to their landsconfirmed. In a critical moment like this it would not do toincur their hostility, and excry effort was made to pacifythem. Both Austin and Houston wrote to them in October,1S35, assuring them that their lands and rights would be pro-tected ; and they were invited to send a representative to theConsultation. The council managed to keep up a weekly ma
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . ^° ^^Texas. They had built villages and engaged in farming, tosome extent, near Nacogdoches and along the Neches andTrinity, and they were anxious to have the titles to their landsconfirmed. In a critical moment like this it would not do toincur their hostility, and excry effort was made to pacifythem. Both Austin and Houston wrote to them in October,1S35, assuring them that their lands and rights would be pro-tected ; and they were invited to send a representative to theConsultation. The council managed to keep up a weekly mail through Early newspa-Texas and to the United States. The Telegraph was published ^^ ^^ ^•weekly by Raker and Borden at San Felipe, and The Emi-grants Guide was about starting at Nacogdoches ; so that thecolonists were kept informed of passing events. The council alsoappointed Sims Hall army contractor, and Thomas F. McKin-ney financial agent to contract a loan of one hundred thousand 197 198 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. Period III. TheRevolution 1832 TO1836. Thomas F. McKinney. Independencedeferred dollars in New Orleans. These acts were regular and appar-ently necessary, and the action of the council was afterwardsapproved by the Consultation. The Consultation finally met on November 3, fifty-five dele-gates being present, representing thirteen municipalities. BranchT. Archer was elected president of the body, and a committeewas appointed, with John A. Wharton as chairman,to prepare a declaration of the causes which impelledthe colonists to take up arms against Mexico ; whileanother committee, of which Henry Millard waschairman, was appointed to draft a plan for a pro-visional government for Texas. The question ofwhether the colonists should declare their absoluteindependence came up and was warmly all the delegates wished for such action andbelieved it would soon come, but it was not thenthought to be prudent and wise to so declare. Themotion for a Dec
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