greale many cattle the finest 1 ever saw Raise corn sugar and a variety of fruits on the River is quantities of picans and grapes of best kind hanging on the vines in full bunches in Lhe middle of of December there is once peculiarity belongs lo this climate I.will mention you can hear more distinct particular the whistling l?] of shot and balls and so pure is the air that you may hang beef and it will not spoil without sail ... [faded] it being the 26th of November we had engaged the enimy 350 strong in the field cald the Grass fight. We were ... [faded] commanded by Gen) Burleson Coins Bowie and Chesher they were defeated and left the field 15 men left Dead on Lhe ground and many borne upon horses while our loss was one man wounded on Lhc shin slighlly by the name of Carroll here I was amused at the Boys taking of the spurs--Blankcts &c off the Dead Mexicans We also lo [ok] about forty mules and horses a man by the name of Sweden toke Ring of one of their fingers We continued cannonading from ½ to ¾ of a mile and skirmishing with a detached partys of the armys, this was kept up more or less until the 3rd Dec on the l and 2nd day I was out of a gun and about this time our army from various causes was in a ... [faded] situation most of the head officers left and others still leaving or resigning Burleson kept the command this eve we intercepted Genl Coss' mail and learned from its contents that Col Ugartachea was on the Rio nueces coming with a Reinforcement of 600 men aded to 1100 in the town while we only had 500 His force struck some of our army on the morning of the 4th our council met and while in sesion ther were some public horses & others taken from the enemy an[d] not yet sent of this evening there was a general parade and an order for every man to be ready to start lo Labahar with the cannon and amunitions for winter quarters 100 miles down the River at 7 PM this commenced Seen of confusion J cannot disscribe men going every direction
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