Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-04-25

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bis issl Al right Nth his be,ly-nlidle Of
rig trough oecnfioi BY Mr, i.s 0TAs, seated
sGaeily ia she milils, on pile efblanksis,
with a eheH Of tobacco accurately balanced
bslHesh bic teeth, The rear seat occupied by
ihe iWo Temaing Individuals she water
Eiihin q sixteenth Of an inch Of iheiF pcs
ieIiogs, aud the instructions from chief
pilot 10 move "naTyah iheh.'
Well, they sIausd' magnificent river
light euTreaI at hrsi--eSsTlhins lovely
aud the goose hung high, when Suddenly,
a mile aud = quarter below town, eheouhl-
erred log lyif Z aoross the river, complete
" blocking further progress zen loie, -
Stepped two minutes 10 examine, all hands
became sudd, My determined, picked mp
pig trough, aud like shdy Johnson with
the aboliiionisls "ihroNel II oSeT;' went
on-eurreni increasing, had a luneh-had
snolher--r rolled on, aud at sundoWn their
eyes were gladiehed by the sight Of a rope
stretched across the Tiyer-bAWly ferry
forty i've miles by the river, GiIren miles
ny land from Dallas. Tied up for The night.
Ferryman d dnt like TO have bic house in-
yajed, might bring ileas or other vermini
our eNpeditionisls didn't see the point
saw point; determined 10 carry point
took possession Of the kiiehen,-carricd the
point by force OF numbers. "Catfsh' be-
gan TO cook supper, all hands pitched in
yv.,, Cor more, catfish cooking like the
devil; srpplS no. equal TO the demand
Truly, the quantity OF piO,tslons consumed
Is this one meal by tic members " the ex'
petition, would have kept private inmhy
supplied for six weeks. A roaring FIRE in
The ample chimney, and field bed COM
plcicd the days work.
Let us go back and look over the pnriic-
ulnr events of the day. After passingthe |
first log below town, no obstruction was en- |
to Dawdy's ferry, forty five miles |
from Dallas; not snar, sawyer or rift |
married the fair prospect OF the river, deep |
wide, noble stream; capable Of floating |
any river steamer ever landed in America. |
Twenty miles below town was seen the first
and only ROCK bluff, magnificent place
nj, -, mi ,,l,i.h hv nj ]
was named "Armstrong's Bluff"
The Captain of the expedition fell in love
with the place and projected pleasure par
y next June 10 the same spot; found the
,aIh leading 10 the b!uT and selected the
necessary grub to tic up TO. Thousands of
quirrels scamrcrci over the banks and up
hc huge cotton. wood Trunks; turkeys COB
lied in the dense wood on either hand;
racks Of bear coming down 10 take their
laiy dram of pure Trinity water were
requcnt; ducks Of n dozen varieties skim
ned the swift rushing stream and lastly
lot least, bird which should be nameless
,assed and repasscd in crowds. Thirty
i've miles by water from Dallas Clark's
Mill was discovered, with boom stretching
wo thirds of the way across the river-.ran
n-landed-met n man, said he'd lived
here forty years--asked him about The
.ver-said didn't know. Was there raft
clow2 Couldn't rccolect. Gave him n
ose of "aqua forte" TO sharpen his memo
y; said he'd "heern tell of n raft down
har, but war'nt sartin;" left and padded
n. Wounded duck flew up belor, the boat,
II hands drove the boat likc-like, well,
Ike Jchue, the son Of Nimshi for they
rove furiously-duck took the brush and
id under log-"Catfsh President made
grab for it-missed it-tumbled over
oard--grabbed log-rose on the log
Tipped off the log-rosc again soused
nder once more, but being related to the
irrcpressible African" Trinity River
ould'nt keep him under; head being so
mpty was bound to float, and h" was safely
lndcd on. n log by Anglo Saxon hands; but
assed b You'd the jurisdiction Of our wor-
~ explorers and was lost to view. De-
rived Of a game supper, it was impossible
, make game of it., and blessings, both
loud and deep" on his tufted head and
Sy-bluc wings assembled from the "hog
'ough," until like the case Of John Ran
Dlph, the "air turned blue;" asked SIRE
ressible" how he liked it; said he went
her GucE ana got II! Held secret ses- ,
on of three and named the spot "W.sH's
OIL"
Havin recorded the events Of tho first
~ we hasten on to the further operations
the party. How Mr.. lie Gras rose in his
eight and majesty, every half hour in the !
ght and shouted TO the "Catfish" for
more fire." and rolled all the blankets =
'ound him, TO the deprivation Of every I
,dy else; how the Californian got up in !
e middle of the night, made coffee, skim 8
ed two or three jars of milk to add there
, and how somebody else fell in love and 4
,voured sundry cdiblcs in a wire safe, are I
alters not connected with this veritable n
story and we beg the reader not to re-
ember that they have mentioned. This =
ings us 10 the i-lI.c5 ,
SECOND DAY,
h;ch broke misty and cheerless, but no. s
ing could damp the spirits of our explor- u
5, albeit the spirits had deserted them G
&c first faint flush of morning coloring
e orient, found our party in the "hog b
ouqh" ready for a run down TO the name