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ERA OF REVOLUTION. 185
crossed the Brazos. At daylight, the sound of the Mexican artillery, and
the smoke arising therefrom, admonished him that he was yet within
about three miles of the fort. Warned by this experience, he traveled
no more by night. He did not wait to pull the thorns from his legs,
but hurried on towards the east. On the night of the 4th he slept
on the prairie, and on that of the 5th in Guadalupe bottom. On the
morning of the 6th, being no swimmer, he
rolled a seasoned log into the river, seated :tz?.?: ::z
himself astride it (securing his wallet of
clothes by placing it under him on the log),
and paddled across the river with his hands,
though the current bore him far down the
stream. (He afterward crossed the Col-
orado, and probably the Brazos, in the same
manner.) On landing, after ascending a
bluff, he found himiself at a deserted house,
in which he found plenty of provisions and
cooking vessels. There he took his first
nourishment after leaving the Alamo.
Travel had caused the thorns to work so
deep in his flesh that he could not bear EDWAD ULESON.
the pain of pulling them out, and he had become lame. There he
rested two or three days, hoping that his lameness would subside,
but it rather grew worse. Thenceforth, he traveled on roads, sub-
sisting, excepting in the instance to be noted, on provisions which
he found in deserted houses. The families were retreating before the
threatened advance of the enemy, and between the Guadalupe and
the Colorado every family on his route had left home. Between the
Colorado and the Brazos he found only one family at home. With
them he stayed during a considerable time; but probably from want
of knowledge or skill, they did nothing to relieve his sore legs. While
he was with them, two travelers, of whom he had no previous knowl-
edge, called and lodged during a night. The landlord entertained
them with an account of Rose's escape. They seemed to be much in-
terested in the account; but on the next morning, just as they were
leaving, they obtained a private interview with the landlord, and told
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Pennybacker, Anna J. Hardwicke. A new history of Texas for schools : also for general reading and for teachers preparing themselves for examination, book, 1895; Palestine, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2388/m1/201/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.