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at the mouth of Pleasent creek on Chocolate Bayou and agreed to meet me in San Felipe on :Monday 0th ~lay. I returned to Mr. Bells to sec James Austin and found him geting some better but still in a verry delecate and dontfull state of health :Mr. Bell taking particular and motherly care of him and if he can be restored at- tention and good nursing he must recover under his care. remained here two days and a half-and then left in comY. with Squire Ilell on fridy the 7 for San Philipe de Austin. arrived at san Felepe Satarday the 8th after dark. San Philepe is verry pleasently situ- ated on the ·w. side of the Brasoses 85 miles from the mouth on a high praria-the prararia comes to the river at-this place and the Bank on the side the Town is situated is much higher than any I have saw on the river it [is] said it is 61 or 60 feet high there is perhaps--famalies residing in it among which there is 3 Taverns 7 or 8 Trading establishments grog shops and Stores one Black· smith shop one printing office. The country from the mouth of the Brasos for five or six Miles is all a pruraria near the sea shore sanely then low and marchey. gradually rises a little nntill the timber commences is generaly a clay land. and looks poor much appearences of Craw fish. although the land looks unproductive. there is emence coats of fine Grass growing on it and a.ff ords emence pasturage for Stock of all kind. from where the Timber commences on the Bra.sos the Bottom of the Brassos are heavely timbered as far up as I have yet been say from one to six and eight miles on each side of the river and in some places wider the timber consists of live oak Large quantities of it Black- oak Red oak post oak white oak pecan Ash mulberry Ellam cottonwood and sundry other not recollected the undergroth is wild peach sasafras
THOMAS It'. McCALEn TO AusTIN
New Orleans, :March 22, 1830.
See Calendar.
Josi· ANTONIO NAVARRO TO AusTIN
Bexar, :M:arch 24, 1830.
See Calendar.
GEORGE SUTHERLAND TO AUSTIN
New Orleans, :March ·26, 1830.
See Calendar.
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