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ere he reached Galveston after his liberation with the rest of the Santa Fe' prisoners. A | |||
11th X ferried over the Brazos River which has a pretty good width & depth. On the Western Side stands the remains of San Felipe de Austin; it is now a 'deserted Village'. One or two families ranch here only; weeds & bushes have grown up in the streets & unoccupied lots, so that one has a difficulty [crossed out: when traversing to] in tracing his way to the main road on the opposite side of the town. To the right of the town is seen where the Father of Texas S.F. Austin resided, & doubtless the locality of the maturing of his patriotic measures x for a fine country he & his Father had called into existence, and of inviting to it as a home his countrymen, & the stranger. The house appeared to be in good repair, the fields full of corn & cotton & apparently a good orchard, & it was rendered picturesque standing on a bluff and surrounded with trees. (For distances, approximate | |||
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5 4 ere he reached Galveston after his liberation with the rest of the Santa Fe' prisoners. A 11th X ferried over the Brazos River which has a pretty good width & depth. On the Western Side stands the remains of San Felipe de Austin; it is now a 'deserted Village'. One or two families ranch here only; weeds & bushes have grown up in the streets & unoccupied lots, so that one has a difficulty [crossed out: when traversing to] in tracing his way to the main road on the opposite side of the town. To the right of the town is seen where the Father of Texas S.F. Austin resided, & doubtless the locality of the maturing of his patriotic measures x for a fine country he & his Father had called into existence, and of inviting to it as a home his countrymen, & the stranger. The house appeared to be in good repair, the fields full of corn & cotton & apparently a good orchard, & it was rendered picturesque standing on a bluff and surrounded with trees. (For distances, approximate
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