The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti Page: 39
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LIFE OF BENJAMIN LUNDY. 39
drawn by three yoke of oxen--a most unwieldy team.
We spent the night at the house of James Hodge, son
of A. Hodge, before mentioned. The Cayenne pepper
grows wild in this vicinity. 31st. As we [proceed on
our way, the ground begins to change from level to
slightly rolling, and we meet the peccan and other trees,
among them the black-jack, which is the first I have
seen. We spent the night at the house of Jesse K.
Cartwright. He and his wife are kind people. They
migrated hither from Nashville, Tennessee.
.Jugust 1st, 1833. We went on seven miles, when a
hard rain came on and drenched us all. The wagon
stopped for the day, and I %shouldered my knapsack,
weighing 25 lbs., took leave of the wagon, and marched
on for San Felipe, which was twenty miles distant.
After a while, I was overtaken by a man on horse-back,
who had heard somethingof my medicines. He begged
me to go home with him, a short distance off my road,
as his wife was attacked with cholera. I complied with
his request, and found the woman delirious, with cramps,
&c. I gave her camphor and laudanum, applied a mustard
plaster, wrote directions, and left some medicine.
The husband offered me payment, which I declined:
he then insisted on my taking some coffee, which I
accepted. Having resumed my journey, I arrived at
dusk at the house of Captain Bird, who was then from
home. He came home late in-the evening, and informed
me that he had seen the sick woman after I left her,
and that she was better. 2d. I sat out at day-break
and walked six miles before breakfast; came to the
Brazos-bottoms and plunged into the mud, which
abounds, from the country having been recently inundated.
After a most laborious and disagreeable walk
of several hours, I arrived at San Felipe, and stopped
at Jones' tavern. Travellers from Brazoria say that the
cholera is still raging there, and many persons have left
the place. 3d. I felt symptoms of another attack of cholera.
4th. Feeling a little better, I walked out towards
evening. After my return I was somewhat lighf-hetded,
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Lundy, Benjamin. The Life, Travels, and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy; Including His Journeys to Texas and Mexico, With a Sketch of Contemporary Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in Hayti, book, 1847; Philadelphia. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth33004/m1/37/?q=american+indian: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Star of the Republic Museum.