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CONTENTS. 
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 settlets on its banks — Terraced 
hills of Texas — Mormons in the valley of the Piedernales — ^Fredericks- 
burg. 46 
CHAPTER IV. 
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 — Crossing of the San 
Saba — Community of prairie dogs — Kickapoo Creek — Hints to future 
travellers — The Mezquit — Visit of Lipan Chiefs — Indian dexterity in 
mule catching — Regain the Emigrant Road at Concho River — Horse 
wounded by a rattlesnake — Character of country and vegetation — Mus- 
tang roads — Scarcity of water — Prairie on fire — Deceptive maps — Cas- 
tle Mountains — Stray cattle captured — Pecos River — Chapporal — “In- 
dian sign.” 61 
CHAPTER V. 
HORSE-HEAD CR0SS];NG TO DELAWARE CREEK. 
Crossing of the Pecos — Narrow escape from a cold bath — Desolate region 
— Prize oxen — Stray mule — Populous biscuit — Toyah Creek — Travel- 
lers’ tokens — Rescue of lost mule — Dreariness and monotony of the 
Pecos — A horse’s somerset — Delaware Creek — Snow-storm, sport, and 
Erman’s Siberia — Mr. Thurber and others dispatched to El Paso — ^Let- 
ter to Major Van Horne 96 
CHAPTER VI. 
DELAWARE CREEK TO EL PASO. 
Difficulty of proceeding — Set out with a small party in advance — View 
of Guadalupe Mountain — Boiling Spring — Deceptive clearness of the 
atmosphere — Guadalupe Pass — Descent to the plain — Meet Mr. Coon’s 
train — Hospitality — Mr. Thurber’s note — Take leave of the train — 
Cornudos del Alamo — ^Thorne’s Well — Ojos del Alamo— =-Waco Moun- 
tain Pass — Waco Tanks — Meet Messrs. Thurber and Weems on their 
return — Arrival at El Paso — Itinerary of route — Remarks on the coun- 
try traversed — It^ adaptability to a public road 115 
