sentences:  The law continued the system of "empresarios", as well as granting each married man a league of land, , with the stipulation that he must pay the state $30 within six years.Austin laid claim to rich tracts of land near bays and river mouths populated by the Karankawa.The Karankawa relied on these bays for the fish and shellfish that provided their winter protein sources and thus were fiercely protective of that land.