30 INDIANOLA 
As near ag can be ascertained, about 375 eee 
fell victims to this treachery. They are all buried m 
one common graye, with no other monument than the — 
prison’s ruined walls. ie 
The situation of Old Goliad is well chosen, and — 
from the top of the old church a view of surpassing — 
beauty is obtained. The fertile valley of the San An- © 
tonio lies below; and all around the land stretches 
away in gentle endulations, not densely enough wooded 
to form a wilderness, but bearing here ‘and there | 
clumps of trees, disposed so regularly as to give the 
landscape a rural aspect. So closely do the clusters — 
of live-oaks resemble orchards, and the recently burnt 
prairies, with the newly-springing grass, meadows, 
that one finds it difficult to convince himself that he 
is not passing through a highly cultivated distric 
Upon the opposite side of the river are the ruins of 
another mission—the Aranama—named from a tribe 
of Indians now extinct.. This building, like the 
church before described, was’ surrounded with the 
ruins of lesser ones. It is of smaller dimensions than 
the one tenanted by Judge H.; but with restored walls, 
openings for windows, and a eee roof, it has been 
changed into a comfortable dwelling. It is occupied 
by a gentleman from New York, who lives in a style 
of elegance that we were quite unprepared to — 
with in Western Texas. 
Visited to-day the camp of Mr. Bull, a portisall 
of whose party was near Goliad. They had made 
good progress with their survey ; is though 7 ; 
had met with no serious obstacles, had suffered n 
from the intense heat on ‘the open ~~ Ww. 
