Translation.
Don Salvador Flores:
March with your detachment to seek the detachment of Captain Fannin, which ought to be on [the] Atascosa or [the] Medina. At the ranch of Salinas or some other ranch you ought to have news of Fannin.
The object of this expedition is to discover whether it is certain that reenforcements or convoy[s] are coming to the enemy. You will also burn off the whole country from the other side of the Nueces to the Medina on the roads from Laredo and [the] Rio Grande.
In case of taking public horses from the enemy you can keep two of the best for each man of your detachment as his private property, besides those which are needed for the service. Captain Fannin will give you ten men to be joined with your detachment.
Stephen F. Austin.
Concepción neighborhood,
November 14, 1885.
