Moses Austin receives a land grant from…
1821 CE
Moses Austin receives a land grant from the Empire of Mexico in 1821 to settle three hundred families between Galveston Bay and the Colorado River.
The Karankawa seek to hinder their progress by killing settlers who were guarding the ship John Motley and by stealing their supplies.
Austin had been introduced to the Karankawas via an encounter with a peaceful Coco tribe.
After some talks and an exchange of tobacco and a frying pan, Austin had considered them good friends, but after a warning of Karankawas at the mouth of a nearby river, Moses had written in his journal that Karankawas are universal enemies of man and cannot be befriended and must be removed in order for Anglo-American settlers to live in peace.