Indian Papers of Texas and the Southwest, Vol. III

TEXAS INDIAN PAPERS, 1846-1859 203 Thence with the same bearing 37.14 chains to a point from which a mesquite tree stands 33 feet to the right of the line. Thence in the same direction 2.86 chains to a mound of rocks with a mesquite tree bearing N.49°W. distant 131 links. Thence with the same bearing 12.50 chains to a mesquite tree standing three feet to the right of the line. Thence with the same bearing 27.50 chains to a mound of rocks. Thence with the same bearing 40 chains to a mound of earth in a mesquite grove with a mesquite tree bearing S.43°W. and marked with the letters II.TR. This mound is upon the south west corner of the tract. Thence' the line runs N.19°40'W. for 28.15 chains to an oak tree three feet to the right of the line. Thence with the same bearing- 11.85 chains to a mound of rocks in the valley of a spring brook. Thence with the same bearing 1.75 chains when the line crosses the brook and runs 26.50 chains in the same direction to a mesquite tree 73 links to the left of the line. Thence in the same direction 11.75 chains to a mound of earth. Thence with the same bearing 27.50 chains to a mesquite tree standing 42 feet to the left of the line. Thence with the same bearing 12.50 chains to a mound of rocks with a mesquite tree bearing N.38°W. distant one chain. Thence with the same bearing 23 chains to a mesquite tree three feet to the left of the line. Thence with the same bearing 17 chains to a mound of rocks with a mesquite tree bearing N. 50°W. distant 70 links. Thence with the same bearing 24.13 chains to a mesquite tree upon the line. Thence with the same bearing 15.87 chains to a mound of rocks in a mesquite grove. Thence with the same bearing 17.21 chains to a mesquite tree six feet to the left of the line. Thence with the same bear- ing 22.79 chains to a mound of rocks in a ravine. Thence wiih the same t>earing 15.26 chains to a mesquite tree two feet to the right of the line. Thence with the same bearing 24.74 chains to a mound of rocks in the valley of the Clear Fork. Thence with the same bearing 9.89 chains to an elm tree in a ravine. Thi:--nce with the same bearing 11 links to a stake in the ravine from which a large pecan tree bears S.38°W. distant five feet.