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smiths & wheelright's shop & water & grain convenient. There
are a log store house & log granary with shingled roofs ample
for all the supplies, exclusive of a large stone two story building
for commissary supplies & offices. He pays a rent of 50 dolls
per month for the use of this land as a post. He keeps in his
employ 1 citizen guide at 50 dolls & a ration & the following
extra duty men, 1 clerk, 9 teamsters, 1 smith, 3 carpenters, 1
yard master, 1 ostler, 1 herder, 1 Express, 1 quartermaster Ser-
geant-49 mules, 10 horses, 6 oxen, 5 wagons, 1 cart. His
expenditures ran for Feb 90 dolls., March 2520 55/100 dolls,
April 558 74/100 dolls, May 1928 60/100 dolls,-and the indebt-
edness about 18,000 dolls of which about 10,000 dolls were the
debts of his predecessor Capt Von Bokkelin. His accounts &
reports are all correctly kept & a balance due the U.S. 31st May
613 13/100 dolls in an iron safe. Corn is had here at 1 10/100
dolls the bushel & hay at 13 45/100 dolls the ton. Grazing abun-
dant in the immediate vicinity-no coal but charcoal-wood
abundant. There are here 8 officers quarters & 4 soldiers in a
pile & much damaged by transportation, being the portable Turn-
ley Houses. A board of survey is asked on them. It is my opinion
these buildings should not be put up here, but sent to some post
where stone is not abundant. There is an excellent quarry here
& it would be better to put up stone buildings which the soldiers
could readily do with but little aid from the department. I con-
demned 2 carbines & one Colts pistol to be broken up.
Commissary Duty is also performed by Lt Clossen, and since
January 1856, and well conducted.-Supplies ample & good &
well stored. Accounts & returns in good order. He keeps 1 clerk
& 1 Commissary Sergeant as extra duty men. Fresh beef is had
temporarily at 10 cets the lb; but a new contract is made at
7 7/10 the lb. He expended here in Feb 370 77/100 dolls, in
March 885 50/100, in April 183 14/100 dolls & in May 376 42/100
dolls. And had on hand 31st May 785 34/100 dolls in a safe.
It is considered here that charcoal is no advantage to bacon in
the packing.
This post is leased on ground of Samuel A. Maverick of Bexar
County Texas for 20 years from 30th July 1852 at the rate of
50 dolls per month payable quarterly. It extends from the spring
several miles down the Las Moras; & when no longer required
by the U.S. the improvements to revert to the owner. There is250
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 42, July 1938 - April, 1939, periodical, 1939; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101107/m1/272/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.