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CHAP. VII.]
RIO GRANDE SETTLEMENT.
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parently about two or three days old. Soon after we met the
Mexican post from Rio Grande; they saw some of us at a
distance, and, taking us to be Indians, galloped off into
the woods, and it was some little time before they rectified
their mistake. We proceeded to Buena Vista, a distance
of about 10 miles from La Leona, and there encamped.
Feb. 27t7h.-Started about nine o'clock, sent on a party to
the Nueces to repair the bridge, hoping to be able to cross
before night, but owing to the long journey, and one of
the Mexican carts breaking its axle-tree, we did not arrive
on the bank till dark. We accordingly encamped, after
travelling about 20 miles. There is a stopping-place, called
the Tortugas, about tlhree leagues before you reach the
river.
Feb. 28th.--W- e crossed the Nueces without accident,
as we took a great deal of trouble. The banks are very
steep, and still remained so in spite of all that had been
done by the party yesterday. I, therefore, thought it
necessary to take out the oxen, lower the carts by ropes on
the bridge, drag them across, and then draw them up the
opposite bank by the oxen.
As we this day entered into the Rio Grande Grant, the
gentlemen and people made me pass the last; they then
placed me in a light cart, and all hands drew me over the
bridge, with the English and Mexican flags flying, and all
the people cheering most enthusiastically. WVe afterwards
cut out a tablet on the side of a large tree, and iMr. Little
with a knife carved the following words:-" Los Princros
Colonos de la Villa de Dolores pasaron el 28 de Febrero,
1834."
We proceeded about a league through very rich land to
CC La Espantosa," which is a pool of water about fifty yards
wide and four or five miles long: it is full of fish, but,
from the quantity of bushes and dead wood, we could do
nothing with the seine.
3larch 1st.-We started about nine o'clock, and procee(ded
through a most dreary sandy waste, wherel the wheel;
sank in as far as the axles, to a place called La Pina, a fiine
pool of water, which filters throuogh a large bed of stone;
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Kennedy, William. Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. Volume 2, book, 1841; London, England. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth2392/m1/53/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.