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: 62
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1;2 LIFE OF BENJAMIN LUNDY.
affords passage lor a fine stream. In this narrow pass
fliere are sonme huts, containing eight or ten families,
and two caves, one or both of which are also occupied
as dwellings. Our path ascended very gradually,
with tremendous cliffs composed of great masses of
rocks towering on either hand, and at length emerged
into a kind of cove-a spacious plain, surrounded by
lhigh mountains. This plain, which is not entirely level,
is nearly five miles long, and from three to four miles
wile. It is elevated a few hundred feet above the
plain which we left on reaching the mountains. In this
plin or cove we encamped at evening, and the wind
being highl and cold, we passed a restless night.
20th. We isstied forth from the cove this morning,
through another door, and by a rocky and very difficult
path. At eleven, A. MI., we came to a small village,
seated beside a stream of water. There we stopped to
rest our horses, and to warm ourselves, after our exposure
of the night. Then proceeding again we ascended,
cre long, an elevation 'rom which we beheld, at the
distance of a few miles, the end of our journey-the city
of Monclova. In the intermediate space there were a
number of fine ranches. We soon after overtook a
company of muleteers, with fifteen or twenty mules, all
loaded with lead, from Santa Rosa or its vicinity. Every
mule carries two cakes of lead, each cake weighing one
hundred and fifty pounds. At near (lark we reached
Monclova, and put up for the night, with a Mexican
family.
CHAPTER XI.
Residence and events at Monclova and its vicinity.
Oct. 21st. We paid our respects to an Irish gentleman
named Joshua Davis, who is a merchant in this
place, and were received by him with kindness and
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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/m1/60/?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.