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49 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 [crossed out: murmuring river] Guadalupe * at [crossed out:  a spot called] that part known as the Capote, the settlement of Major     E __;  we found many travellers [crossed out: already] going to & from the west already "camped down" their fires gently blazing [crossed out: away], the coffee pot on & [crossed out: beef] venison roasting. Mr L _ _  myself & some of our party were accomodated by Major E __ for the night.

17th - [?otted?] 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 [crossed out: rather] a conspicuous object, being [crossed out: the only] isolated & elevated above the prairie 350 feet, & said to be composed of indurated [crossed out: sandy] silicious matter; it is covered with small timbers. Travelling some 10 miles up the Guadalupe we re-crossed it,

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