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when dried it makes a very hot cayenne peper, & when put into vinegar, gives it a fine flavour; there is a river named after this plant on the coast.

It was after sun set before we crossed the Guadalupe * at that part known as the Capote, the settlement of Major E __;  we found many travellers going to & from the west already "camped down" their fires gently blazing, the coffee pot on & venison roasting. Mr L _ _  myself & some of our party were accomodated by Major E __ for the night.

17th - I ?otled? about the banks of the "Murmuring" Guadalupe, its stream clear as crystal, the flowers & vegetation new to me & the gaudy "Cardinal" fliting about. The Capote mountain is a conspicuous object, being isolated & elevated above the prairie 350 feet, & said to be composed of indurated silicious matter; it is covered with small timbers. Travelling some 10 miles up the Guadalupe we re-crossed it,