"One Hundred Dollars Reward," Telegraph and Texas Register, September 23, 1837

Summary: An ad offering a reward for two runaways. Gave detailed descriptions of each slave, including names, heights, ages, etc. Also described the clothes they wore and that one slave stole a horse while the other took an English musket. Said they were both heading for New Orleans because that's where the owner bought them from.

WILL be given for the apprehension and delivering to me, on the Brazos timber, three miles above colonel Hall's plantation, or to colonel Wm. T. Austin, Brazoria, negroes ARTHUR and GEORGE.

Arthur left my plantation on the 12th instant, is about five feet ten or eleven inches high, about thirty-six years of age, straight in his walk; is a very black negro; his left ankle larger than the other, and occasionally walks a little lame; wore away a Mexican cassinett roundabout, blue cottonade pantaloons and palmetto hat; took with him a black cloth coat and other clothing. It is believed he stole a tall bay horse, star in his forehead, left eye a little injured; had three shoes on.

Also, on the night of the 18th instant, negro George, about five feet six or seven inches high, thirty-six or thirty-seven years of age; stout made, grim countenance, red eyes, has large whiskers; very communicative when addressed; had on a dark mixed cassinett roundabout, blue cottonade pantaloons and old fur hat; took off with him an old brass mounted English musket.

They left the neighborhood together, and will endeavor to get to New Orleans, where they were lately brought from.

Should the negroes be taken over one hundred miles from my residence, all reasonable expenses will be allowed, and the above reward for the negroes and the horse; and if taken out of the republic of Texas, they will be lodged in jail, and information be given to me or to Col. Wm. T. Austin, Brazoria.

Evergreen, Sept. 19. 1837. S9-t[sic] P. BERTRAND.

Source Copy Consulted: "One Hundred Dollars Reward," Telegraph and Texas Register, September 23, 1837, p. 2