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which however l\Irs, Price would not receive unless Mrs. Long would endorse it as security; she done so; afterward had to pay the same and now holds it still against said ·Randle Jones.- The company consisting of Mrs. Long with her child in her arms; her daughter Ann and her negro girl IGan and l\Ir. Calverts negro man Tom; the two Jones with their two negroes. l\Irs. Long had two horses and one mule; she rode one horse; herself carrying her infant in her arms the other was packed & rode by her daughter Ann; the mule was packed. The Jones had one horse between them; they rode & tied alternately. (The boy Tom, Ki.an & Jones two little negroes all walked) They left their hut at Sanjacinto at Rankin on the 19th day of Septr. 1822 a memorable date rendered so by the circumstance that Genl. Long had left fort Bolivar on the same ·date a year before. He left Bolivar for Labihia 19th Septr. 1821. The first days journey was a few miles only 6 miles to the Prarie where they struck a camp where theyrcmaincd 9 days drying beef & venison for the jorney. On leaving the camp, they •met Wm:. Hall and Mr. l\Ioore just from the Interior; he gave l\Irs Long a letter from Tres- pelacios see letter dated 9 Septr. 1822. Randle Jones had a rifle belonging to l\Irs. Long. he wanted to swap it for one which hall had; she to please him consented and she gave Hall two dollars to boot. She moved on now with double gladness in consequence of the letter from Trespelacios. Trespelacios in his letters stated that he wanted l\Irs. Long to reach Bexar a,t the same time with his wife whom ·he daily expected. He had not seen his wife in 9 years the date of his imprisonment in Cuba. His family during his imprisonment was reduced to a mere slave to grind corn for the soldiers. Mrs. Long hurried on. Nothing occurred. They reach the Brazos & crossing it stopped at John l\IcFarlings who lived on the spot where San Fillippe was subsequently located. As yet they had nothing to carry water in. l\Ir. l\IcFarling prepared a small powder keg for them, for that purpose. From l\IcFarling they proce_eded to the Colorado; her infant with a burning fever; tarried at l\Ir. Allies. A few days before this an american had been murdered on this river. Nothing occurred until they reached the Gaudalupe, little befqre sunset. About a mile from the river on the edge of the praraire, was a large lagoon of water; the horses were almost famished; seeing the water they rushed to it to drink; as they got to the Lagoon, a large body of Karanka- ways Indians were discovered in the prnrarie, gathering up their Cavyard. They were all naked & painted; they seized up their bows and came rushing upon the party yelling & in threatnin"' attitude. One Indian seized the gun in the hands of the negro Tom. The Jones and the negro Tom prepared for fight. The Indians however committed no outrage except their insulting & threating attitude. They insisted upon the party's camping with them that night; but Mrs. Long peremptorily refusing,, the party moved on without molestation from the Indians. She crossed the river and camped on the other side. Jones wanted to go out to the Prararie, where two americans and two mexieans were eneamped; but she said no; 'she would camp on the bank of the river because there was no other point at which the stream could be crossed without swimming, and she said if the
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