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course, we would then meet the south branch of 
Brady’s Creek, and next the north branch of the 
same. The latter we must follow to its source, which 
lay in a westerly direction. Here we should find 
some small pools or springs. From this point we 
were to take a course due west, crossing many streams, 
which are laid down on the maps, until we discovered 
two conical hills or mounds. Between these we 
must pass, when we should see the Concho River 
about seven miles distant. Striking that at the nearest 
point, we would find the Emigrants’ Road once more, 
which we had only to follow to its termination on the 
Rio Grande. 
October As the corn contracted for was not 
delivered until late, the train did not get off before 
twelve o’clock. The first watering place was seven 
miles distant, beyond which I was advised not to go, 
as it was then late, and it was a good day’s journey 
from that to Hickory Creek. The road was much 
better than it had been beyond Fredericksburg ; the 
country was covered with grass, and wooded, as it had 
been since we passed the Guadalupe. 
October Vltli. Left at 7 o’clock, and a few hours 
after came to an old Indian encampment. The coun- 
try now assumed a different aspect : ledges of granite 
and fragments of quartz appeared, and the entire sur- 
face was much broken ; the oaks were fewer and of less 
size ; mezquit trees were scattered among them, with 
here and there a cactus. It was, on the whole, the 
most interesting country we had seen since leaving San 
Antonio. A reddish sandstone appeared in some 
places, the debris of which imparted its own hue to the 
