With regret I inform you of the unfortunate death of our Friend
Colo. English of Hempsted, he had the last season Erected a
complete Cotton Ginthis fall he went to the post of Washington to
purchase ropes and Bagging for his Establishment, (he by accident met
there with Mrs English Sick and destitute of the common necessarys
of life—although he had been so deeply injured by her he hired a
House and Servant to attend her during her sickness and left funds
for her future subsistance on Condition she should never again see his
children for as a Mother she could have no further claim to them,)
a few days after he returned while engaged at the Gin the Sleve
of his shirt caught by the Saw Cylender and drew in his arm which
was torn to peicies, in trying to extricate it his other hand was
caught most of the hand was torn off and other ways much wounded
the consequence was a mortification and he died in great misery—
I have also heard that the Vessells and Familys which were to go
from New Orleans to Join S. F. A. had started and that their was
others in preparation—and also that Stephen was engaged in Survey-
and takeing Soundings of the Bay of St. Bernard for the purpose of
assert [ainjing the best Chanells etc.—
My health is some better yet I suffer much pain; from the presant
appearance of the weather I have but little prospect of getting to St
Louis one of my legs is very much swelled the Cords of the knee
appear to be much contracted and fear will never regain their
Elastic[i]ty— have not yet been out— but enough of my
Complaints