Trip to the West and Texas comprising a journey of eight thousand miles, through New-York, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana and Texas, in the autumn and winter of 1834-5.

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Arrival in Texas--oak openings and prairies--plantations of corn and cotton--St. Augustine--arrival at Nacogdoches--its grotesque appearance--Indian trade in deer pelts--Galveston bay and Texas land company--four leagues of land for a dog--pine woods--Indian mounds--mounds in Ohio, Missouri and Illinois--Monastery near a mound--their origin and use--Neches river--new made bridge. 149