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settlement that you cause it to be done by one who will hear testimony and do me Justice and not by one who after enjoying my hospitality insulted a lady in her own house. These accounts were examined and approved by Mr Randles predecessor in the Bureau Department in the presence of witnesses.

That you may judge of the spirit which is now actuating Mr Randle I request you to examine the attached paper which is without signature but which will be sworn to by several gentlemen as respectable as any in Texas.

By a number of gentlemen in Sterling I can establish the fact that Mr Randle said publicly that he prayed for a riot in Sterling where he is now stations.

General Griffin, I have always respected the authority of the United States and of its officers and claim from you that protection which its laws cannot afford me.

My black laborers last year suffered much from Cholera and other diseases. I did not desert them but had them nursed and gave them medicine with my own hands when no Physician would visit the place. In consequence of this misfortune