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9 The Wells at Columbus give water at 30 feet below the surface; after passing through thick soil, the ? is through silicone pebbles. [Barter is the present system of trade. Cotton for sugar & coffee & bacon for boots - Corn for Colomel & Quinine & whiskey - Beef for Brandy &c &c thus a Columbus trader's books would be an interesting M.S. for the British Museum; but times will soon change and then cash payments will enliven the hearts of buyers & sellers]

 Journey to Austin

15th Accompanied Senator ___ Smith up the Eastern side of the Colorado river, to La Grange. To this place there are gentle slopes down to the river, interspersed with open country or prairie - the Woodland of the bottom; the lands are very rich, but at present there are but few plantations and farms worked; the roads are choked up with the wild sun-flowers & weeds, so much so that other roads are made by the side of the old