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at the Bluff below Jinings camp and ordered him to join me at Rawls Camp on Sweet Creek the next night. 3-Went to the mouth of River with 2 men and met the spies- no signs of Indians left a letter for Capn Jones at Hawkins Grave proceeded to Rawls Camp on Sweet and at sun down Chrisman and Rawls with two companies came up-the spies which I sent from Dixons camp to examine Bayou Trespa.lacious returned- no sign Sept. 4-l\1arch 4 8 miles ,v. N. vV. to the ,viesachatta, the main fork of Bayou Trespa.lacious, a bold running stream of good wa- ter-formed a spy comp 7 of 6 men B. Sims Commander and dis- patched them about 12 o'clock, a head of a west course-rain about 2 o'clock at 4 marched and at dusk arrived at an old Karankaway encampment on a handsome running creek which run S. Vl. The spies continued on clown it in the night. Sepr 5-found at this encampment the bones of two men which had been cut up and boiled-buryed them-and called the Creek, Cannibal Creek. About 10 O'clock spies returned, and reported no sign-two miles below our camp the tide set up-water brackish- 5 miles below the stream widend to 1 mile very salt high banks- Gen 1 course a little east of South, about 14 miles to the Bay-this Creek leads about oposite the ford at R. Kuykendalls-at 3 o'clock dispatched the spies ahead at 3 marched very good crossing ½ mile below the camp-8 miles a little north of west came to a large branch bed about 20 yards wide tide water quite brackish tho, drink- able-sent spies down to hunt a crossing- Sept &-Spies returned creek becomes wider and salt below no crossing-supposed it to be the Chiclrnlete, dispatched spies up to hunt a crossing-8 miles up a little north of west crossed the Creek a small tho handsome running branch of good water-country on this creek very brushy, and generally poor land-between it and Canni- bal poor wet boggy prairie with Islands of brush and small oaks- nooned the crossing of this creek and named it Chapparo from the quantity of Brush on it-dispatched spies and marched at 3 o'clock west at Sun down struck a large creek about 25 yards wide 5 feet deep clear good fresh water, tide, supposed to be the Navidad and encamped-di;tance 10 miles from Chapparo over very rich high prairie-fine stock country-at 12 at night dispatched spies clown this Creek to examine its mouth Sept. 7-at clay light dispatched spies up and down the creek to examine for a crossing place deer very plenty-found a fine spring near the camp-no sign of Indians-at 2 o'clock spies returned from mouth of the creek and reported no sign of Indians-the stream we were incamped on proved to be the navidad which united with tho La Baca or chickalete 8 miles below, 300 yds. wide at forks left hand
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