Original narratives of early American history, reproduced under the auspices of the American Historical Association. General editor- J. Franklin Jameson (1906) (14597535900)

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Title: Original narratives of early American history, reproduced under the auspices of the American Historical Association. General editor: J. Franklin Jameson
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1859-1937 American Historical Association
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Publisher: New York Scribner
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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velling done. Some soldiers went out to reconnoitre,and to see whether there appeared any Indians from whomthey might gather information. They found none, and nosmoke was seen, nor was there ever any answer to that whichdaily we allowed to rise. The next morning while I was say-ing mass two gunshots were heard far away in the thickettowards the Guadalupe River. Some one went to see who itwas, and it proved to be three^ of the soldiers who belongedto the garrisons of Vizcaya. They came up, and we asked themabout their journey, and they told us of hardships as follows: On the second day of the Easter feast they had arrived atSaltillo, namely, twenty soldiers of the two presidios of Vizcaya 1 The Lavaca. 2 Qn April 27 (Itinerary). 3 According to the Itinerary, on the 28th De Leon went up the Guadalupesix leagues and returned, and on the 29th set out for the Tejas, going six leaguesthat day. ^ On the 30th the Itinerary mentions the same incident but gives the num-ber of soldiers as two. 1
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