The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 4, July 1900 - April, 1901 Page: 164
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164 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
water. They supposed their families would get there by dark.
The negro men put all the oxen to the wagon, but could not move
it; so they had to stay there until morning ,without wood or water.
Mother gathered the white children in our cart. They behaved
very well and went to sleep, except one little boy, Eli Dyer, who
kicked and cried for Uncle Ned and Aunt Dilue till Uncle Ned
came and carried him to the wagon. He slept that night in Uncle
Ned's arms.
Mother with all the negro women and children walked six miles
to the timber and found .our friends in trouble. Father and Mr.
Bundick had gone to the river and helped 'with the ferry boat, but
late in the evening the boat grounded on the east bank of the
Trinity and didn't get back until morning. While they were gone
the horses had strayed off and they had to find them before they
could go to the wagons. Those that travelled on horseback were
supplied with provisions by other campers. We that stayed in the
prairie had, to eat cold corn bread and cold boiled beef. The
wagons and carts didn't get to the timber till night. They had to
be unloaded and pulled out.:
March, 1836.-Crossing the Trinity River.
At the Trinity river men from the army began to join their
families. I know they have been blamed for this, but what else
could they have done? The Texas army was retreating and the
Mexicans 'were crossing the Colorado, Col. Fannin and his men
were prisoners, there 'were more negroes than whites among us and
many of them were wild Africans, there was a large tribe o'f Indians
on the Trinity as well as the Cherokee Indians in Eastern Texas at
Nacogdoches, and there were tories, both Mexicans and Americans,
in the country. It was the intention of 'our men to see their fami-
lies across the Sabine river, and then to return and fight the Mex-
icans. I must say for the negroes that there was no insubordina-
tion among them; they were loyal to their owners.
'A note written by Mrs. Harris in the year 1898 is as follows: "I know
of no one living at this time who was in that party except my brother,
Granville Rose, and myself. He is seventy-five years old, and I am seventy-
three. He was not with us when we crossed the Trinity, but was helping
Mr. Stafford with his cattle."
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Texas State Historical Association. The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 4, July 1900 - April, 1901, periodical, 1901; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101018/m1/186/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.