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20. Left Houston for Nacagdoches. Travelled 20 miles up to Washington road to Barnetts. 21 Travelled 16 miles further up the Washington road to Curley's. To Montgomery 22 miles. The country passed over from Curley's is unclear barren, but well watered and plenty pine & oak, unclear 6 miles of Montgomery Court House when the land became sick. 22. Travelled 22 miles, through a rich country but without houses to Richardsons. 14 miles more to Huntsville through unclear prairies. Hunstville is surrounded by rich land. 23 To Carolina on the Twenty? 16 miles. Several Sulphur and petrifying springs in the vicinity. Saw a large petrified unclear tooth that had been found in one of the streams. 24 To Duncan's 8 miles. Crossed the Trinity River. Although unclear 5 or 6 months in the year, from scarcely wet our horses feet above the unclear. After three miles of a rich 'bottom', struck a barren long leaf unclear country which continued to the Neches* river, travelling that day 56 miles, camping in the woods about 3 miles from the Boluxi? indians village. They are unclear, & not seen about their village.

• probably from Natches, the name of a great indian nation at the time of the discovery of America.