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Most of our wagons had been left behind and pack mules substi-
tuted. A complaint was made that more than half the mules
taken from the Mexicans had been stolen. After crossing the
Brazos we camped close by.
A flag of true sent by our commander and government to the
Mexican camp returned, bringing the ratification of the so-called
treaty by which the Mexicans were to retire beyond the Nueces,
which meant beyond the Rio Grande, as there was no settlement
or situation on the Nueces in which to take up a position.
The time of service of the greater part of our army, an enroll-
ment of three months from the first of March, was now expiring,
and on the 14th of May Captain Billingsly was ordered to go to
Bastrop with his company to disband. We started on the 15th
with a wagon and some pack mules, and the next day passed
through San Felipe, which had been burned, and crossing Mill
Creek, marched to some point on its waters in the direction of
Bastrop, and camped at a house to which part of the family had
returned. All other homes we passed were unoccupied; in their
flight the people had left behind them hogs, cattle, and other
property, but had taken with them their horses. At this par-
ticular place where we camped some horses had been left and
were still there, and with them were two strays, which very much to
our surprise and pleasure turned out to be the two horses on which
George Green and I had started forth to join the army. George
Green was a young man of my age; he and I started in company
to the war; and he has since been my lifelong friend. He had
kept his horse, as I did mine, after joining Captain Billingsly's
company, which was considered infantry. At night we hobbled
them and turned them loose to graze like the other horses of the
company; but when we got to the Brazos bottom and encamped
there the animals had to be taken to the highlands, four or five
miles off, to graze under guard. Ours strayed off. We had
walked most of the campaign. Green fared worse than I, for the
quartermaster's department frequently furnished me a horse.
Green had sold his saddle; mine was still with me in the baggage
wagon.
After getting back our horses, Captain Billingsly willingly
gave us a furlough for the remaining time of our enlistment, two
weeks, until we should disband at Bastrop. Saying good-by to all270
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 26, July 1922 - April, 1923, periodical, 1923; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101084/m1/276/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.