Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-09-02
ReninIsences 1887.

~ II, the Spring, went from Columbia on
The Brazos, via. Brazoria, galveston anu
Liberty to Nacogdochcs; spent severai
weeks with Major j. N. Morelandi, vino
was in charge of some hundred prisoners
inEen at San Jacinto, and placed upder
enarl MT Galveston. There was at this
tsime but one house on the island-the Old
Custom House, occupied by MAJOR Moro'
land. There was several hundred ueer' on
the west end of the island ~ Liberty,
saw General Coss and his brother oiiicers,
captured at San, Jaointo, There were no
ok ,cssiye rains this Spring;-l found oil
the streams low on my way, yet there was
n sufiiciency of rain and crops were excel
lent. f III.
Winter past severe northers sue
oood;no each other with little internis-
s;on bovs skated on the ponds near Mac
ordoches; Spring, rains plentiful, not ex-
css,iye went down the Angelina on an
exploring expedition, stream half BANK
occasional Summer rainsi crops goood, nne
6elds of excellent corn. abandoned bysthe
Cherckees after the fight This iaiii vent
II n IN ~ iersh ysssS-fs the
SABINE and westward to Jourdan's SHiine !;
here, tound ont that there were nifty on
si,,ty lodges Of Indians just, ahead Of US,
b,da skirmish with some of their rear
ruord deemed it madness to proceed, tho
com pany returning from this point hVo 9l
us. among whom was John II. heagao,
sent back our horses and weut ono to0''
Remained out q great part OF the,w,nter
exploring the head waters ofthe Saoine,
Neches and tributaries OF the Trini'y.
Winter wet, with some snow :,
1S30.-Raihed the entire months OF April
and Nav. all the streams were Hooded.
Dry summer followed, but COED crops were
made.
1S4OAOut in June, July and August
with Dr.. King East Fork dry, all streams
INV clouds Of duet could alwayssbe seen
IN 'any direction raised BY Buffalo and
Wild Horses water only found in holes,
sthink the crops were good; out again IN
4,he winter. enow six inches deep on
{Chris.mas; worked 5ot the head Of the
Noches INIT, 1871 january, run the boun-
4lary line between Nacogdoches and Fan.
min county; reached the Elm Fork Of
frinity in the latter part of February,
bbout fifteen miles north-we5t OF Dallas
pyerv stream ovcraowed from prairie to
.prairie, rains unremiiingly 'till We reachedd
home the first Of April. Same summer
went. with Gen. Smith against the lndl-
Fans in the cross timbers, fouad the streams
slow and the. prairie dry aud dusty got the
corn abandoned by the Indians cu village
creek west of Dallas was excsilent; re-
turned with the army to King's-port, (now
Kaufman) and set out on o fall surveying
worked a great part Of the
winter ON White Rock creek and vicinity
of Dallas weather dry, Buffalo and deer
: In the Spring Of 1912, streams again
flooded: worked below Dallas, on the Erin
.itvs visited Dallas in May, found Col.
John NJ Bryan and three. or four others
encamped on the present site OF Dallas;
there was at that time one solitary log
cabin constructed. Captain Gilbert made
email crop Of corn in ttefriyer bottom
opposite Dallas v which was good,
fi8l3--In the Spring following visited
rbllas with Jacob Elliot; found all the
streams arsin flooded, think the corn
CROPS were not frst rate. Descended fhe
/ river with Capts. Gilbert ana Eiiiott IN
| seeding on 70 Galveston; crops IN tho VI
/ oinity Of Fort. Houston were good,
lsi3.-ln the Spring went to Washing
/ ton on the Brazos and thence to Dallas,
/ via. the Falls Of the Brnzos found the
! Brazos overlooked, but all the smaller
streams we're low and every where iordsbie
/ Found ffteen hundred indians encamped
on Chambers Greek and three or foul
white families on the other side OF the
! creek. utterly unconscious Of the proximi-
/ 4, Of lheir red psighbors. Pound Major
Ely in Dallas, vent with him BY land 70
Fort H1usfon, sud thence in q skin 70 The
mouth df the Trinity Crossed the bay IN
a sailink reseel, 10. 6alSeston and thence
rook dearl,es 10 NcF Orleans. Returned
alone 10 lDallas, Major Ely proceeding ul
,he Nissls;upi. Pond the Trinity rivei
Al Robinl ferry fr,in prairie ~ prairie
+ bot the 1hll s'iesn, low, Offering ne de
tenticn. nhis year large numbers ofen
innn,s visited ths colonyj the snmme'
was safscitnti7 ts1sonnbles lair crops reri
/ rsa5e IFrn This time re. may date thi
4 selrlement sf D,i'as co1hiy, twelve a
'lffssn fan,,es ard sone 5oung men ~
lrsrs emrio5si ~ ne eompsny l'ns COM
la tlsyssl r.srioaz' but .Ad settled =
Z hide apart li1t in case Of in1ian -ssA'.
ljss tLsr os.1d n6t have renasrea any el
f.riu.i nn.u<f r-,.stiiop. Aajpr ~ 1e
tnrnsi and 1,si 1efs ~ July.
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