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EDWARD'S GRANT.
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very disreputable character, were engaged in forging old
land titles. Of this Edwards complained to the political
chief, Saucedo, but he obtained no satisfaction. We give
an instance from Yoakurn: " Before Edwards had made
his contract, a man by the name of Tramel had emigrated
from Pecan Point to Nacogdoches. After he had reached
the latter place, he learned from the Alcalde that that
functionary had received orders from Governor Trespelacios
to place some one at the crossing of the Trinity to keep
a ferry on the old San Antonio road. Tramel agreed to
occupy the post, and with the order of the Alcalde, removed
to the ferry and settled himself. He subsequently sold out
to another person, who still kept up the ferry. Ignatius
Sertuche, a Mexican, and the only surviving inhabitant of
the old town of Spanish Bluff, below the old ferry, was
starving, together with his family. The occupant of the
ferry invited him to move up to the crossing, and he would
supply his family with food. Sertuche, finding the situation
pleasant and profitable, managed to dispossess the
occupant. The facts being made known to Edwards, he
took steps to repossess the true occupant. This was all
repeated to the political chief, and Sertuche was again
placed at the ferry. The only reason given by Saucedo for
this arbitrary act was, that Sertuche was a Mexican, and
entitled to the preference." Yoakum adds: "In several
other instances, these invidious distinctions were made, and
Americans who had come into the country and wrought
improvements, were compelled to give place to Mexican
favorites of Sepulvida and Norris, the Alcaldes during the
years 1825-26." "The Americans," says Foote, who was
an intimate friend of Edwards, "were dispossessed of
their homes, fined and imprisoned."
During the summer of 1826, Hayden Edwards visited
the United States to bring on more colonists. In his
absence his brother, Benj. F. Edwards, had charge of the
colony. Learning that serious charges had been forwarded
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Thrall, Homer S., 1819-1894. A Pictorial History of Texas, From the Earliest Visits of European Adventurers, to A.D. 1879., book, 1879; St. Louis, Missouri. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5828/m1/163/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .