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C then Pompei, below Duncans ferry, Geneva &c.

 Generally speaking, if there be a bluff on one side of the river, on the opposite side it is low.
 Half a mile above Carolina & on the same side is Bidais creek at the head of which is Coles Mill, running through part of Carolina bluffs. Here we found Deer, Wild Turkies, geese & ducks in abundance; fish is said to be very plentiful in all the creeks about here.
 2.PM. Started - passed Duncans ferry & 35 miles came to Patricks ferry, here are about a dozen houses. Remained here for the night, taking in wood at two dollars the cord. (A cord of wood is 8 feet long,, 4[?] in height & she stacks about 4 feet long.)

26th. 7. AM Left - at noon passed Swartwout, this is rather a considerable village, placed on rather high land, but has no bluffs. In passing the Coshatte Villages, saw indians of same name some on the banks in their wigwams (constructed of branches of trees and nearly square). The Texan Government some few years since ordered "reserves" to be allotted to these and other friendly indians, but the intrusion of white settlers, have prompted many of the Coshattes to return to

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