Zenas Matthews' 1846 U.S.-Mexico War Diary and Service Papers

where Fannins men was shot as Mr Duval is with us he can describe to us as it happened his brother being the Capt of the company that he was in only 3 of the company escaped Mr Duval and 2 others. Sunday Crossed the San Antonio River looked at the place where one of Fannin's Divisions was shot. Went to the Old mission and examined it the old church and walls and dilapidated houses resemble the plates in Stevens Travells in Yuccatan. Rained this morning stopped 15 miles from Goliad on a creek to [noon?] it I undertook to wash a shirt here but the water was so strongly impregnated with lime that I could not get it clean when done the My hair was white with the lime when dry. Camped on the Aransas. This stream has no bottom there is no gamebut little game in this part of the country Monday June 1st 1846 Started for San Patricio on the Neueces distant 28 miles at which place we arrived at in the [evening?] There is several a number of Irish familys living here. Their houses are built of poles set in the ground and covered with