THE AUSTIN PAPERS 349 good Brick can·be ma.de anywhere on the sea board. :1'fr. Michals chemney is built with very good Brick made close to his hous-the, cattle appears to be in fine order and the place healthy Wedn·esday 15th the vessel got over the bar after much difi.culty she st-mck verry hard on it and the wind beat her back into a bason formed by the bar and a bar ·which puts out from West side of the brnses emidea.tely at the mouth but with two or three hours hard work she was got-into the Brnsos where we lay until thirsday morn- ing saild and wnrpecl up the Drasos. This day about 15 or 16 miles Friday morning 16th. myself and 4 others left the vessel in the bont and arrived at Brasoria at 2 oclock P. M. I went in comp' with Sayer. to Josiah H Bells 12 miles north on the San Felepe road that evening next morning Saturday 17th returned to Brazoria and founcl the vessel had arrivd returncl to Mr. Be1ls, .18 Sunday .re- turned to Brazoria for James Austin to[ok] him to squir Bells then left. borrowed a mule from squire Bell, and continued on at 4 oclock PM. in company with a :Mr Anderson·to se Col Austin who we heard was in the neighbourhood of Harrisburg. cross the .brasos that eve- ning 12 miles ·from Bells in a NE. direction at what is call'd Boliver where a Town had been Laid out.and abandoned. Mr Warren Hall was at this place where we remaind for the night was very politely treated by l\fr Hall continued our course in the morning G miles through the Drasos Bottom which very heavy timbered and great quantities of_cain growing on it to Mr Hodges where we took Break- fast it rained considerable this morning here we inet with 1Vm Harris Esqr who informed us col Austin was on Galveston Bay or Dicker- sons Bayou as he had .left him the clay before on Clear Creek about 25 Miles distant, and agreed to get a hand .or pilot us himself if we would wait untill Tuesday morning which we did remain at :Mr Harris and about ½ mile from where we breafastecl where we was Verry friendly treated Tuesday :Morning Started in cornpy with a Mr Boatright crossecl the head water of Chocolate Bayou Halls creek dickersons Bayou and Cleare Creek recrossed Clear Creek and camped on Dickesons Bayou wednessday morning 21st ~ontinued a East course and struck-Galveston Bay at davises Point at bout 9 oclock AM where we found Col. Austin just ready to start with the Surveyors who we[1;e] meandering the bay coast and Dickesons Bayou·Mr Anderson Started from this place for St. Felepe by the way of Harrisbourg. I remained with Col Austin and the Surveyors untill Sunday morning 1st May when Col. A. and myself left the surveyors for Harrison on·the brasos got to Mr. Hall that night who lives just at the Timber of the Brasos Bottom at the edo-e of the Prararie Monday :May 2d left Col A nt Squire Harris he ;emained here to get some provisions for the surveyors and "~as to met them
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