Maybe thats where he partnered with John Webber, the Vermont War of 1812 verteran who came to Texas in the '20's and actually bought the freedom of the slave woman he married.

When the Webber's eventually got ran out in the 1850's being one of those occasions where Smithwick rails against "the better sort" who showed up in their thousands only after all danger was passed.

Birdwatcher

"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744