The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, July 1926 - April, 1927 Page: 267
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A Reconnoissance in Texas in 1846
again. In the evening from Reevs to Brutons 8 miles along a
dim path and strange to say without getting lost through a flat
sandy Post oak country generally poor no water but the meanest
sort of puddle water. at Brutons there is no water notwithstand-
ing he says himself good well water could be had by digging a
few feet Bruton cultivates sandy Praira crop-not good enough
Pretty well cultivated Corn here seems to grow like the timber
rather scrubby, as to the ear it bears we know nothing, as we
have seen too few of the article to form a correct judgment.
Brutons wife we found sick therefore we conclude the country
is sickley If this circumstance is not conclusive, the general ap-
pearance of the country and the scarcity of good water makes the
thing in our estimation conclusive To night Terry had a good
sweat rose early eat hearty and reported himself ready for shirt
tail popping in the direction of home
18th To Jordans Saline 18 miles through mostly a sandy Post
oak country with occasionally what might be called a Brushey
Praira overgrown with Black Jack bushes and grubs of various
kinds innumerable the thack was new and made It disagreeable
traveling our horses bludering continually No water No set-
tlements. the country rather higher and perhaps more healthy
doubtfull this ! !
Jordans Saline is a Praira containing about 5 or 6 hundred
acres literally worn into small hillocks and hollows by the con-
stant licking of Buffalo deer cattle etc. etc. Extensive prepera-
tions are making by the owners of the soil to commence the man-
ufacture of salt on an extensive scale, one well has been sunk
and is now standing full of brine to the top and is said to be in-
exhaustible even by the use of a pump worked by horse power.
It is also said other wells can be had with the same abundance
of Brine, thereby procuring brine for almost any amt. of ma-
chinery or no. of hands how true this all is time and better
Judges than ourselves must determine we were informed that
an experiment had been made not long since and the result was
8 lbs or one gallon of water would yield 1 lb of pure salt our
horses drank the water verry mincingly and seemed to relish it
only for the salt it contained In the evening traveled 8 miles
and encamped in the woods near a, mud hole which we used for
water to one prong of the Sabine river which we crossed this267
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, July 1926 - April, 1927, periodical, 1927; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117142/m1/293/?q=%22jordans+saline%22: accessed June 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.