TilE AUSTIN PAPERS. 1699 From tbe San Antonio crossing of the Atoyac to Its June- Course and dlstnnce. tion with Angeline_______________ __ ______________________ s 00° -21 Mile from Nacogdoches to tl1e Junction of Toyne and Angeline____ S 44° E-35 m from said junction to the Junction of the Angeline and • Naches________________________________________________ s 16° E-26 m from thence to Sabine lnke_______ _ ______________ •______ s 13° E-51 m from thence to the pass In the Gulf_______ ______________• __ S '>0° E-16 m from thence tht·ough the pass_____________________________ S 18° E-- Om The width of the creeks are la-id clown in yards opposite the mouth of each c~·eek where the width could be ascertained. Their length nncl general course could not be correctly ascertained. Their appear- ance on the map will perhaps be the best criterion. The width nlso, of some of the rivers are laid down in yards at different points For further information I must refer you to the Map, which is laid clown upon a scale of ten miles to an inch English measure. The marginal lines will aid you as to the cardinal points I have not been able to learn anything that could be relied on relative to the waters of the San Jacinto. The Sabine, Sabine lake, pass into the gulf and the coast on to point Bolivar and also Trinity Bay so far as it is laid down, to- gether with creeks puting in has been laid down according to in- structions rec 11 from Capt Orr who has navigated these waters The Indians Vills have been laid down partly from my own acquaintance with the geography of the country and partly by information from Cap.t Orr, M• Nash, and a Coshntn. Indian From the St Antonio crossing of the Atoyac down the Angeline Nitches, and the Sabine lake has been laid clown by my own observation as 1 clecendecl these waters last March, but without compass or mathe- matical instruments Capt Orr, however, and others who are ac- quainted with these waters have ·agreed with me in the general course and distances as laid down together with creeks The names of some o:E these creeks could not be ascertained consequently they were left blank I have no doubt but there are other creeks puting in which I did not discover, as the waters were ve11' high at tho time I came clown. The Trinity# is laid clown from the best infor- mation the inhabitants can give. But no doubts many creeks are omitted. I am very sorry that the map which is inclosed is far from being perfect, The want of correct information from the non inhabited parts of the country-the lack of mathematical instruments when I decendecl the Naches and t.he little reliance to be put upon t.he report of hunters and· Indians to whom I have been compelled to # The Trinity bns been laid down as tar, perhaps, as where the St. Antonio no:uJ will cro56 It. Ilut not knowing the course nnd distance nbovl.' the Coshntn vlllnge nor the creeks putlng In nor the particular point at which the road crossl.'a I have left that blank which you may fill up at pleasure
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