The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 25, July 1921 - April, 1922 Page: 193
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Journal of Lewis Birdsall Harris, 1836-1842
Mier, they would walk out in full view of the enemy and kneel
on one knee and take deliberate aim, and always brought down
their man, they would step back and reload and step out again;
their action attracted the attention of the officers in command,
and when they had surrendered they took the boys with them and
showed them every kindness. I was told one of them was
adopted by the Mexican Commander and remained in the coun-
try permanently.
This expedition was in the winter and altho my mess started
pretty well provided, our animals became so reduced that we had
to abandon our tent, so that we slept on the ground in the open
air. I have left the imprint of my body on the ground where I
had slept over night, and in a short time after I got up it would
fill with water. On our return we had to cross branches and
sloughs of the Nueces River 8 or 9 times, each time swimming
by the side of our riding animals; this was on Christmas day,
and with my leg in the condition it was it is a wonder how I
ever got through, but the boys were very kind, they would push
ahead, and by the time I got to camp they would have a rousing
fire so that I could dry my clothes.
When we had got about 100 miles from the Rio Grande on our
return Cap't Jack Hayes discovered that his fine clay bank horse,
a present from Tennessee, had got away and gone back. He de-
termined to go after him, so he mounted another horse and went
back alone. When he came back with his horse a week after-
wards he said that he found him in the stable where he had kept
him at a Mexican Ranch; he slipped in at night and took him
out without being discovered by the Mexicans, who had all re-
turned to the ranch, and brought him back in triumph.
This was the last expedition I was in. I travelled a good deal
thro the country and made one trip to Austin soon after the seat
of Gov't was located there. In this trip I was alone, on a fine
large horse. I stopped at a house near Washington on the
Brassos, my proper route was to La Grange on the Colorado
River and then up the river among the settlements to Bastrop,
but during the evening the landlord said that about 80 miles
could be saved by taking the Goshen trace, which left his place
and went straight thro' the country to a point on the San Antonio193
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 25, July 1921 - April, 1922, periodical, 1922; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101082/m1/199/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.