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INDIANOLA 
As near as can be ascertained, about 375 Texans 
fell victims to this treachery. They are all buried in 
one common grave, with no other monument than the 
prison’s ruined walls. 
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 undulations, 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 district. 
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 IT. ; but with restored walls, 
openings for windows, and a modern 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 meet 
with in Western Texas. 
Visited to-day the camp of Mr. Bull, a portion 
of whose party was near Goliad. They had made 
good progress with their survey ; but, though they 
had met with no serious obstacles, had suffered much 
from the intense heat on the open prairies, where 
