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in nearly horizontal layers, but I believe in no cases of any great extent. A Town was laid off (on paper) at Oceolo which was slated to be in Lat 30.º 50" Long 18º 35 Washington U. States. X A company was said to have been formed for the working of said mines a Mr Price & his family from one of the coal districts of England was induced to come to Texas to superintend but he & his wife soon died at Oceola. At Cincinnati I found in a printed small book the armorial bearings of this individual. * At dusk came too in the river along side of the bank. X

21. Early in the morning came to Robins ferry 45 miles from Cincinnati. the settlement is placed on the Eastern bank of the river, from which is shipped considerable quantities of cotton. Through this place runs the old road from San Antonio to Nacogdoches. The Cane grows in great luxurience upon the banks, showing that the soil is rich and well adapted for Cotton, Sugar Tobacco, &c. There is a plentifully wooded bottom with prairies behind. 4 PM arrived at Alabama, having had to [?stem?] a 3 to 4 mile current - 35 miles from Robins ferry. Up to this, the river has a few narrow turns, but no difficulties present themselves; and from its mouth to a great distance above this can be navigated with

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X Kennedy's Map places it in 31º.05 N. 95º.50 W

• the river is broad & deep being free from rafts or snags