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of woodland; the bottoms are wide, fertile, and
well-timbered. The lands on Kettle Creek, which
enters the Trinity from the east, are poor, with the
exception of the bottoms, which are wide and rich,
with a thick undergrowth of cane. From the
mouth of this creek to the old San Antonio Road,
on the east side of the river, the country is a " pine
barren," extending nearly to the Neches. On the
west side of the river, the landscape presents a different
aspect. Immediately above the town of
Liberty commence a series of beautiful undulations,
diversified by woodland and prairie, which
stretch out to the San Jacinto. Above the old San
Antonio Road the lands, on both sides of the Trinity,
are rich, well-timbered, and watered to its
source. This river flows through the district occupied
until lately by the Cherokees and their
associate bands, and consequently unsettled. It
is all heavily timbered, with here and there a
small prairie, and abounds in springs and running
streams.
Several fine salt-springs liave been discoyered,
fiom which the Indians manufactured considerable
qluantities of that indispensable commodity. Eighty
miles above the old San Antonio road the prairie
again commences-rich, rolling, and beautifully interspersed
with timber; the land continues to wear
the same appearance until the head waters of the
Trinity are lost amidst the leafy shades of the Cross
Timber.
The settlements on Red River approach within
less than a lhundred miles of those, on the Trinity,
umid tlhey will not long remain disunited. A great
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Kennedy, William. Texas: the rise, progress, and prospects of the Republic of Texas, Vol.1, book, January 1, 1841; London. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2389/m1/204/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.