The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957 Page: 470
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
has had to come all the way to America to see a snuff box walk"
Ooh, howld you prate, said Ellen, if it had been the likes of ye,
ye would not have had the since to know it looked like a snuff
box" Our poor carriage horses are very badly off with distemper
caught from the horses of the Ist Cav. a[t] Jeff Brks. the com-
mand have abandoned 2 since leaving, nearly all the horses of the
Reg. are diseased with it. I fear we will lose one of our carriage
horses, and my husbands fine Grey Eagle saddle horse is sick we
fear he is just taking the same disease, poor Charly I hope he will
get well, and my poor carriage horse Tommy also. along the road
the people told us that they had heard we were coming 1200ooo
strong to whip the Mormons [or] the Comanches. No one knew
which. Mr Garrard"4 the adjutant was bitten by a snake or some
poisonous insect in his tent the first night out, and left behind,
he has not yet overtaken us, we fear he is very ill.
Nov 1st
'Torrents of rain last night after we reached camp. rain all day,
arrived at camp, had straw scattered on the wet ground and spread
down our beds. Mr B.16 decidedly of opinion that that [sic] damp
rooms are blamed for many diseases without cause had to leave
the waggons some distance back on the road. poor soldiers have
a hard time now though they seem to get along merryly enough
with their Gutta Percha Talma's and leggings which turn the rain
for them like Ducks feathers. it is the wet ground to sleep on
which hurts them, we hope the rain will be over soon or that we
may get out of the mountains the roads are so rough and slippery
for mules and horses. an old man who was hauling food for the
horses seemed to feel sorry for little Maggie as she stood in the
rain, by a heap of logs which were only smoking and not burning;
he gave her some apples out of his pocket with a kind pitying
word. the little darling is as merry as a cricket 8c I believe tile
best soldier of us all
Friday Nov. 2nd
Lay in camp all day on account of the rain the mud around
the camp fire over shoe tops and the poor horses had to be moved
14First Lieutenant Kenner Garrard.
15Either Captain Albert Brackett or Captain William Bradfute.470
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 60, July 1956 - April, 1957, periodical, 1957; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101163/m1/508/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.