VIII 



CONTENTS. 



Timbered belt , 



Country west of Nueces ^. 



Mustangs ^, 



Moutb of Eio Bravo 



Burrita 



Brownsville antLoId Fort Brown - 



Fillibustering 



RejTiosa 1 



Ringgold Barracks and Rio Grande City 



Roma _ _-. 



Population _ _-- 



Page. 



5G 

 66 

 57 



68 



59 

 60 

 61 



62 

 63 



65 



Islands 65,66 



*Mier, Beilville, Salado, and San Juan. 



Laredo 



Rapids _- 



Fort Duncan _ 



t 



Spanisb rule and missions 



Amalgamation of races 



Devil' s river 



Navigation _ 



Caiions -^ -, 



Mexican side — 



Statistics 



Table of distances along the river 



*. 



67 



67 



68 



68 

 69 



70 



70 



71 

 72 

 72 

 73 

 73 



CHAPTER V. 



mOM MOLTH OF Dili's EIVKB TO Et PASO DEL XORTE. 



* 



w 



Limit. Michler's Report — 



Pecos springs- 



King's spring and Lipan crossing 



Rio Bravo inaccessible _ :» 



Lipans 



74 

 75 

 76 

 77 



Canons and rapids - 77, 78 



Moutb of Pecos 1-- --- 



Devil's riA'er 



IP 



Difficulty of navigation - 



Mr. Chandler's Report — 



r 



Canon of Bofecillos- _ 



Camancbe pass 



San Carlos _ 



Mount Carmel and Los Cbisos 



San Tincente 



Major Emory's Report resumed— 



Presidio del Norte to El Paso del Norte 



78 

 79 

 80 



81 

 81 



82 

 83 

 84 



85-92 



CHAPTER VI. 



SKETCH 



Area *- 



How watered 



Face of the coimtry 

 Playas -. 



H 



93 



93 



93 



93,94 



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