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CHAPTER III. 
SAN ANTONIO TO FREDERICKSBURG. 
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Advancea party formed for the journey to El Paso—Arms and equipments 
—Mode of travel—General order—Storm on the Prairie—Guadalupe 
river—Refinement among the German settlers on its banks—Terraced 
hills of Texas—Mormons in the valley of the Piedernales—Fredericks- 
CHAPTER IY. 
FREDERICKSBURG TO HORSE-HEAD CROSSING. 
Projected route through the wilderness—Setting out—Uninviting appear- 
ance of the country—Precarious condition of German settlements on 
the Llano River—Leave the Emigrants’ Road 
tang roads—Scarcity of water—Prairie on fire—Deceptive maps—Cas- 
tle Mountains—Stray cattle captured—Pecos River—Chapporal—* In- 
Cin Sigh ee ee ip ee Sees, ony ee 
Mis La Sa, _ CHAPTER V. 
fees Bait Cg ge eee ee 
Crossing of the Pecos—Narrow escape from a cold bath—Desolate 
—Prize. oxen—Stray mule—Populous biscuit—Toyah Creek—Travel- 
Peecos—A horse’s somerset—Delaware Creek—Snow-storm, sport, and 
Erman’s Siberia—Mr. Thurber and others dispatched to El Paso—Let- 
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tain Pass—Waco Tanks—Meet 
-return—aArrival at El Paso—Itinerary: 
_ try traversed—Its adaptability to a 
