A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . |{AsrK()i-s Si(;nanui-: MEXICAN RULE. T^.T Period Rule 1821 TO1836. Moses Austin Internal provinces, and he himself set out for his home in Mis-souri, in January, 1821. The exposure of his long journeythrough the wilderness seriously affected his health, and he diedin Missouri very soon after his return from Texas ; not, how-ever, before he received the news that his request to the Spanishgovernment had been granted on January 17, 1821. His last His deathdesire was that his son should carryout the enterprise, and St
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . |{AsrK()i-s Si(;nanui-: MEXICAN RULE. T^.T Period Rule 1821 TO1836. Moses Austin Internal provinces, and he himself set out for his home in Mis-souri, in January, 1821. The exposure of his long journeythrough the wilderness seriously affected his health, and he diedin Missouri very soon after his return from Texas ; not, how-ever, before he received the news that his request to the Spanishgovernment had been granted on January 17, 1821. His last His deathdesire was that his son should carryout the enterprise, and Stephen , then twenty-seven years old,immediately entered upon the work. The grant of permission by theSpanish government to Moses Austinauthorized him to introduce three hun-dred families into Texas, and appointedDon Erasmo Seguin to convey the in-telligence to Mr. Austin and to con-duct the colonists into the was what was called an emprcsario grant. Emprtsa in Spanish means an enterprise, undertaking,or contract, and an emprcsario was a contractor for lands to besettled by colonists introduced according to the terms of
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