| 7palmetto leaves. Today we
came into the musqito country
the trees are small bunches scattered
over the praries giving the appearance
at the distance of 1/2 mile [off?] A creek
bottom the Neueces valley has larger
timber and fine land The [corn de?]
San Patricio is the best we have seen
since we left home.
Crossed the River and camped at the
ferry house The River is about [30?]
yards wide and muddy from the
[two?] banks.
The Irish have settled here since
Genl. Taylor's army came to Corpus [Christ?]
the old town having been destroyed
in 36.
Tuesday June 2nd 1846
Left [the?] and went to Corpus
Christy 25 miles the [corn is?] nearly
East the country is about the
first we have seen The Bay having
bluff banks generally Dawn after
we arrived we saw a party of men
marching out of town. We went to
what was the muster and found
that they had 3 men
that they were taking out to whip
they having robbed an old man
of 12 hundred dollars one got | 7 |