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out from Harrisburg on the evening of the 14th of April, 1849,
bound for the New El Dorado.
Our journey to the Brassos occupied four days and was exceed-
ingly toilsome and disagreeable, the recent rains had rendered the
road very wet and muddy, and but for the aid of some ox teams
that pulled our waggon through the worst places we possibly would
have been there jacking up the wheels "till yit."
Having crossed the Brassos without any difficulty we encamped
near Bollenger [Bollinger Ferry] the evening of the 20th. The
21st we traveled sixteen miles and encamped at a Dutch settlement
on Mill Creek, the country intermediate being a beautiful prarie
with occasional groves of timber and the land sufficiently undulat-
ing to render the prospect more than pleasing.
[Apr.] 22. We traveled about eight miles, through Post Oak
timber the greater part of the distance, and on entering the Prarie
in the evening pitched our tents in a beautiful grove of Live Oaks
that overlook the boundless plain. Mr. Moon quite a jovial old
fellow from Houston has joined our mess. We have fallen in
with several persons journeying like ourselves to the promised land.
24th. Yesterday we traveled about ten miles and encamped just
in time to prepare for a. storm it rained, hailed, and blew as it
never did before today the sky is clear, but the road very wet and
we are laying in camp. Game is very scarse on the road, I took
a hunt this morning but had no luck. this portion of the country
is very attractive, I think it well adapted to stock raising, par-
ticularly Horses, Hogs and Sheep, the soil is a black gravely loam,
and I judge very productive. the grass is fine and flowers abun-
dant.
26th. Though two days have elapsed since writing the fore-
going, we have progressed but slowly on our road, the high water,
together with occasional accidents have combined to render our
journey extremely tedious. Last night we encamped in the Post
Oak timber, a complete bog, so much so that our horses could not
leave the road to graise. In the night "Boots" got loose and went
back about three miles to the place she was last fed. She is in
fine order, and is an excelent pack mule. My Horse is fat, rides
well and is perfectly faithful.
We are now seven miles from Lagrange and will probably cross
the Colorado tomorrow-I am perfectly delighted with this section
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 29, July 1925 - April, 1926, periodical, 1926; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth117141/m1/46/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.