10 INDIANOLA 
CHAPTER IL 
INDIANOLA TO SAN ANTONIO. 
Preparations for the Start—Breaking mules—La Salle and its early History _ 
—Prosperity of Indianola—Commencement of Survey—Route to Vice- 
toria—Shoeing mules—Encampment in grove—Military drilling— 
Flourishing condition of Victoria—Primitive legal proceedings—Difi- 
culties of navigating Espiritu Santo Bay—Description of surrounding — 
country—Mexican ranch—Observance of the Sabbath—Justice dis- 
pensed in the matter of a calf—Goliad, its early history and rnins— 
Massacre of prisoners after the battle of Perdida Creek—-Leave Goliad — 
—Murder of a Mexican by « teamster—Arrival at San Antonio— — 
tion 
e! Another murder—Preparations for crossing the Plains—Descrip 
" niin rignmenotimamentes Mission Churches. 
Since the arrival of the Commission, all parties had 
been busily occupied in getting ready to move into 
the interior; and those only who have had experience : | 
in fitting out a large train of wagons for a journey — 
across the prairies, or to California, can form an ade- 
quate idea of the preparations required. If the route — 
were a settled one, or if settlements were to be met — 
with, even at distances of a whundred miles apart, 
where supplies could be procured and repairs made, — 
inuch of the labor necessary on setting out, and a vast 
deal that is required on the way, might be dispensed 
with. At this place it was not necessary to complete — 
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