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driftwood, this with sand & other earthy matters have formed sand islands from which the waters of the Trinity spur by seven or more passes. Browns pass being the principal one & by which the navigation of the river is affected. At the present moment there is less than three? feet waters on the bar of Browns pass the channel of which is tortuous & difficult owing to snags and large logs of drift timber. At highest tides and under the most favorable circumstances, such as freshets and S.E. winds - There is seldom more than four feet water on the bar, & the general depth two to three feet. 29. Moved down towards the Bar of Browns pass & found the Steamer "Vista" aground across it a two shelf feet water. The "Vista" taking out part of the cotton sacs to float over the bar, our steamer at a similar operation.

 Anahuac bears E. from Browns pass  pp maps X

X Anahuac was formerly a military post & when the first land office was opened to give settlers the necessary license for colonizing the lands 1831 Col. Bradburn military commandant of Anahuac was forced by the settlers to retreat, which he did to Mexico.