lo Brasstrop, 80 miles, we did nol see a house, b11l it certainly is the finest country in the world. ll has more deer and turkeys than any other region 1 have ever seen. I am confident, that I saw not less than three hundred deer in one drove. On the 24th, [ killed three bu ff aloes; und l wo others w.:rc killed by some of the rest of the company. We must have seen five or six hundred !hat day. At night we encamped on the St. Marks River, where we could stand in camp and kill an abundance of turkies. The next night, we encamped on the Guaclalope or Warlupe river. We arrived in Sun Antonio on the 27th, in the morning. There were supposecl, al the time of our arrival, to be 500 inhabitants, residing in San Antonio, and hut one while man. The square was all picketted in with strong posl•oak pickets, and there was no way of gelling in except hy going through the port-hole of one of the cannon. It is a very splendid looking place in the square, but the town looks very badly. The houses are generally built of a kind of cement. Some of them, however, consist merely of pickets driven in the ground, and covered wilh a kind of straw, cement and moss. We there joined the cavalry under the command of Capt. B. L. Lawrence. On the 28th, we were sent out lo press horses under the command of Lie,it. Thomas, and travelled over some of the most beautiful land on the globe. We got sixteen horses, and returned on the 30th, and on the 1st of January we took up our line of march for Matamoras. On the second or third day after we left San Antonio, one of our men, Mr. Pike, accidentally shot Mr. Childers. Capt. Lawrence, myself, and several others, were left behind to have his leg dressed. We did so, and put him in an open wagon, but it jolted him so much, that, before we could gel him lo Goliad, he was too far gone for medical assistance. He died six or seven days after we reached Goliad, where we staid ten days or two weeks, and then took up the line of march. By order of Gen. Sam'I Houston, we went as far as the Mission of Refusio, to which place Col. Johnson came with an express, staling, that Gov. Smith was under duress, and that he was appointed lo the command of the expedition. Gen. Houston, Col. 1-Iocklcy, Maj. Wallace, .Maj. McIntire, Capt. Lawrence, and several others, started for San Felippe de Austin. Captain Lawrence resigned his command, our company broke up, and a great many went home. Capt. Tarlton and myself started, and got as far as San Fclippc, and were there persuaded to slay. Capt. Tarlton started back a few days before f did, as my horse was lame. On the 7th of February, T joined Captain Burr H. Duval's company, and remained in it until the butchery of Colonel Fannin
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