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Austin got a man named Erasmo Seguin (a rancher and mayor of the town) to translate.
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Austin goes through a lot getting to mexico City, and when he gets there to get gov. leaders to approve of his colony, he studyed spanish and meeting with officials.
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Under this law, Austin's land grant was secure and he could continue to bring in settlers form the U.S.
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Austin signed a contract and put a colony right next to some brutal comanches. In 1830, one bachelor and 2 families lived in Bastrop.
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Austin's contract for Bastrop provided for settlement of 100 families north of the San Antonio road and east of the Colorado R.
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It was the heart of Austin's colony. The population grew quickly. Austin moved over there to to live.
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In 1824 Martin de Leon received permission to establish a colony (Victoria) along the lower Guadelupe R.
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Austin's colony needed a capital. In 1824, austin founded san Felipe de Austin, better know as San Felipe.
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Dewitt's colony (Gonzales) was located on the Gulf Coastal Plain. It was exposed to American Indian attacks.
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In 1831, Power and Heweston received control of the former lands of the abandoned Nuestra Senora del Refugio Mission.
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In 1835, san Patricio, spanish for "Saint Patrick of Ireland", the population was washed away by cholera epidemic.
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Irishmen came because of Powers and Mexican people cause it's close, came to san Patricio to settle.
