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: 54
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f) l , LIETr, OF BENJAMIN IUNDY.
religious para(le is held here to-day. It is a sort of
reliIOious ilnvlcation to God for preservation fiom the
cholera. ''llher e gre great apprehensions, among the
people, of that telrril le disease ; nd those who can afford
it, carry litle b)ags of camplhor in their bosoms, to guard
again.lt an attack. The state of health, at present, howevcr,
is as 'oo(l as I ever witnessed at any time or place.
MIy own health lias beconi very good.
'3d1. A row took place yesterday between two of
our Northern Americans, or United States people. The
victor was ta!en bcbore the Alcalde, and upon hearing,
to-dav, was fined ten doilars.-A person who resides on
Kimballl s Creek, Texas, informs me that there is an
abundance of mineral coal in that quarter, similar to that
of Pennsylvania, though somewhat more sulphurous.
26th. The merchants with whom I am to go to Monclova,
have engaged a team and expect to start in a
few days. 2Sth. A man from Pittsburg, named George
Pagan, stole to-day, fiom my room, a pair of suspenders
worth $2. These Mexicans are novices in the arts of
thieving, drunkenness and vagabondism, in comparison
with these fellows from the North.
29th. I walked out this forenoon with Matthew
Thomas, to see the cane patch, grounds, &c., of his
father-in-law, Felipe Elua, a black Louisiana creole,
who was formerly a slave, but who has purchased the
freedom of himself and family. He has resided here
twenty-six years; and lie now owns five or six houses
and lots, besides a fine piece of land near town. IIe
has educated his children so that they can read and
write, anti speak Spanish as well as French. They are
all fine looking, smart black people. He has a sister
also residing' in iBexar, who is married to a Frenchman.
The sugar cane, of which there is a patch of about an
acre on Eltla's land, looks as well as tlat which grows
in Iayti, andt the land is evidently well adapted to it.
The frost (toes not kill the roots of the plant here as it
does further north, but the sprouts make their appearance
in the spring, so that it is unnecessary to replant
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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/m1/52/?q=american+indian: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Star of the Republic Museum.