The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, July 1925 - April, 1926 Page: 137
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From Texas to Californi in 1849
where joy and love forever blend- At 4 o. c. the train again moved
forward and traveled until 3 in the morning-finding no water by
the way- at sun rise this morning again got under way and
reached this place (Cluster Springs) about noon- Our animals
are a good deal jaded and we will lay by tomorrow to allow them
rest- distance from Cooks Springs, fifty-five miles- Road as
fine as the world ever say-general course SSW.
August 8th. We have at last reached the waters of the Pacific-
Our camp is made on a small creek that rises in the mountains to
the South and runs in a North Westerly direction- It is skirted
with large timber principly Pecan Sycamore and Live Oak. The
seasons appears to be much later here than on the Rio Grand- the
grass is young and everything looks green and fresh. There are
but five waggons now encamped here, we came on ahead, beleiving
that the spring ten miles back or midway would not accommodate
the whole train at one time- The balance of the train should
have been up with us tonight-but a member of the Company has
just come up who states that they have lost some mules and oxen-
supposed to have been run off by the Indians- A good many In-
dians have been seen lately by different members of the Company-
Some have appeared frank and friendly-others were skulking
about and made off when discovered. It is singular but no less
true that I have not seen an Indian since we started-which makes
me almost beleive those reported by others to be immaginary- I
am satisfied at least that many of the supposed Indians were in
fact animals or inanimate objects which their fertile immagina-
tions, under some circumstances could fancy into any shape. An
evidence of this or at least an argument in support of my position
may be made of the following- When in the road to this place
yesterday I was riding several miles in advance of the Company,
and discovered in a valley to the right of the road six or seven
objects which at first I supposed to be horsemen. Upon nearing
them, however, and after watching their manaeuvors awhile I be-
came satisfied that they were Antelopes. When Mr. Harris and
others came on with the waggons they saw the same objects and
are in the fixed beleif that they were Indians- possibly they
were- There is but little game along here and that little is so
wild as to defy the cunning of our best hunters- I have found
wild Cherrys here of the finest quality, very large and fully ripe-137
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, July 1925 - April, 1926, periodical, 1926; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117141/m1/151/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.