El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-14
San Antonio. December 1. 1s4s.

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Colonel have the honor to report
| that. in obedience to orders from head
quarters. Sth military department. of
June 9. 1S49. | left this city with a
\ party of thirty men. for Ell Paso del
Norte via Fredericksburg.
| June IA. 1S49. First day.-Made four
teen miles to a water hole. where we
bivouacked for the night. Country
| from San Antonio to this place is a
| rolling prairie. having abundance of
| meZquite grass. which affords excellent
pasturage for horses and other stock;
road. in many places. lies over lime
stone rock. which makes it rough and
| injurious to wagons. Country some
| what hilly, and covered with clumps of
| live oak and other timber.
June 10. Second day.-Country of the
same character as yesterday. except
! that the hills are higher and more fire.
quent. The road. too, is more rocky
and uneven; hills on the left lie quite
close to the road. Leaving Misenbergs,
the road is still rocky and uneven; on
the left hand is a deep ravine with bluff
banks. After passing the CibolC. four
miles from Misenbergs. the road be-
comes very good. being smooth and
level. The Cibolo, where the road cross
es it. is a dry ravine. About two miles
above there is plenty of pure water.
oak, occur at intervals. Reach Post
Oak Springs at liz a. m. and encamp.
The springs are to the right of the road
and in the flats
June 16. Third day.-Left camp at
O'Clock this morning. and marched
about two miles from Post Oak
Springs: passed between two ranges of
hills forming quite a gorge. Country
around is beautiful. consisting alter
FOL nf irin Re
which latter are at times DOGGY. and
difficult for unloaded wagons. Next
stream is Spring creek. the water of
which is beautifully pure and clear.
flowing over pebbly bed. Limestone
occurs on it's banks: timber of large
size is also found in the immediate vi
cinity. Country from this creek to the
Sahinal is rolling prairie. with many
clumps of trees. The road at Sabinal
becomes very difficult. the sides of the
ravine through which the creeks flows
being very steep and stony. At three
miles from Sabinal. we passed Wasp
creek, through the same kind of coun-
try. except that the hills are higher
Many flats occur in the intervals. COW
cred with a luXuriant growth of meZ-
quite trees and wild rye. The crossing
at Wasp creek was very difficult. the
wagons all Stalling. and obliging us
same to Guadalupe river, a distance of
four miles. Passed the Guadalupe and
marched half mile further to Sisters
creek. where we encamped at O'Clock.
June II. Fourth day. From Qua
dalupe river to Fredericksburg. the
country continues of the same charac-
ter. being an alienation of prairie and
post oak woods. The grazing. either
on the prairie or in the woods. is eX-
abundant
creek crosses the road several times
within seven miles from Guadalupe
river. At ten miles from camp. we
entered a beautiful valley. the ascent
from which was quite steep. There is
trail leading to the right across the
mountains. which shortens the dis
lance to Fredericksburg considerably.
but it is entirely impracticable for wag-
ons or any wheeled vehicle. Grape
creek crosses the road twice within
half a mile. at the distance of thirteen
miles from our camp of last night.
Country is well wooded. and grazing
abundant. The Peidernalls next oc-
ours. at seven miles from Grape creek.
and five from Fredericksburg. There
tween these two. Arrived at Fred
ericksburg at p. m.
June 21. Eighth dav.-We were
Obliged to remain at Fredericksburg
three days. in order to repair our wag-
ons. which were somewhat out of Or
der. These repairs completed. we left
on Thursday. and marched eight miles
OF our encampment on BanonS creek.
The course on leaving town was north
% degrees west: it afterwards changed
tod 10 degrees west The road is very
good. being the one travelled to the Ger
man settlement on the Llano The
country is beautiful. well wooded and
watered.
June ~. Ninth day.-Marched about
nine miles to Pecan springs. which
touches the road on the left. the coun-
try continues of the same character
with plenty of wood and water. Leav-
ing Pecan springs. we entered a deep
valley. through which the road wound
The descent was abrupt but easily
passed. Granite begins to appear at
this place. along with pieces of quartz.
Passed several places where there ap-