TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859 197 Thence with the same bearing 80 chains through a mesquite grove to a mound of earth with a mesquite tree bearing N.45° l0'E. distant 80 links. Thence with the same bearing 80 chains along the side of a mountain covered with small oaks to a mound of earth on a small prairie with a mesquite tree bearing N.51°lO'E. distant 104 links. Thence with the same bearing 85.77 chains to the point of beginning at the river bank where there is a mound of small rocks. The boundary lines of the tract of land herein designated run for the most part through a timbered country, and all the trees found upon the lines are "blazed" or cut upon the two sides facing the lines where there are no trees upon the lines those nearest are blazed up.on the sides towards them in such a manner that the lines can be traced at any point upon them. As the Act of the Legislature merely appropriates twelve leagues of land for the use of the Indians and does not specify the kind of leagues or the number of acres donated, the under- signed has been at a loss to know what form of measurment to adopt, or whether to make the surveys in English or American or in Spanish leagues. In the absence of any definite ·instructions upon the subject the undersigned has surveyed and distinctly marked two tracts one in American and the other in Spanish leagues so that either form of measurment can be taken by the authorities who decide the matter. The Field Notes which have been given pertain to the Span- ish league measurrnent, and the corners of the tract are marked upon the plot with the letters "A.B.C and D" An amount of land (10656) acres the difference between eight Spanish and eight American leagues has been added to this tract, and is embraced within the following bounderies. Commencing at the corner "A" of the tract already described the line runs S.l0°20'4"W. for 84.84 chains to a mound of earth with a mesquite tree bearing N.23°20'E. distant 2.18 chains, and marked with the letters IITR. The line there runs S.79'39'56"E. through a grove of post oak and mesqu'ite for 76.63 chains to a mound of earth. Thence with the same bearing through a heavy growth of
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