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Show A PPEI'\DIX TO Pi\ rcr lit . shoulll they he suircrcd to come ne~ll· yout· horse" and mules which you drive with you, by thrit· snor·tin~, ncj ~hin~, &c. they wonltl nlar·m them, and frequently the domc<;tic animals woulcl join them •md ~o ofT, notwithstanding· all the cxcrtiono; of tile dr·ag-oom to IJI'C· vent th<'m. 1\ g-entleman told me he saw 700 beasts cal'l'icd off at one time, not one of which was vrt· recovered. They also in the night frequently carry on· the droves of travellers' horses, and even come within a few milL:s of ~) t. Antonio, and take ofl' the horses in the vicinity. The method pmsucd by the Spani,trds in taking them is as follows: They t.tkc a few fleet horses and proceed into the country where the wild hor es arc numct·ous. They then build a lm·ge strong enclosure, with a door which ·nters a smaller en:losure: from the entrance of the large pen they proje ct wings out tnto the prairie a g-reat clistan c<>, and then set up bu-;hec;, &c. to induce the hor~cs, when pursued, to ('lltCt' into these win gs. After thcs~ pr~· paration::; arc tnadc they keep a look out fur a small drove, for, 1f they unfortunately should start too lar~e a one, th<'y either burst open the pen ot· fill it up witl1 dead uodi cs, aud the others run over them and C<;ranc; in which case the party are obliged to leave the place, as the st.cnch arisin~ from the putrid carcascs would be insupporta· ble; and, in addition to this, the pcll would not 1·eceivc others. Should they1 howe\'ct·, succeed in driving in a few, say two or three hundred, they select the handsomest and youngest, noose the~, ancl take them into the small enclosure, then turn out the remamdcr, after which, by starving, preventing them taking any repose, and continually keeping; them in motion, they make them gentle b~ de· gt·ccs, and finally break them to submit to the saddle and bl'ld.le. For this business I p1·esume there is no nation in the world superior to the Spuniar·cls of Texas. P ojllllation and C'hir:l To7:·1ts.--St. Antonio, the capital of tl~c pro\illce , lies in 29° 50' N. latitude and 101° \V. longitude, and 15 situated on the hc,HI waters of the t·ivcr of that name ancl, perhaps, cont<n.n :; 2,000 souls, the most o r· w I1 0m re st. tI e .t n m1. s· cr·."., hlc mud. · wall hou'les, covered with thatched p;l'ass roofs. The town i.s Ia!~ out on a very grand plan. To the cast of it, on the other side 0 the river, is the ~t.nion of the troops. About t\VO, three, antl fout· mi. les ft·om St. A ntom· o a re three 0 mis~ions, formerly flolll'i~hing· and prosperous. Those buildmgs fat· solidity, ace om moclation, and even rna jesty, were surpassed .b~ few th:.~t I saw in New Spain. T'he re:oident priest t1·eated us Wll the greatest hospitality, and was respected and beloved by all who APPENDIX TO PAHT III. 33 knew him. He made a singular observation relative to the aborigines, who had formerly formed the population of those establishments undet· charge of the monks. 1 asked him "\Vhat llad become of the natives ?" lie replied "That it appeared to him that they could not exist under the shadow of the whites, as the nations who fot·meclthose missions had been nurttll'ecl and taken all the care of that it was possible, and put on the same footing as the Spaniards yet, notwith~;tandiug, they hud dwindled away until the othct· tw~ mis!>ions had become entirely depopulated, und the one where he resided had not then more than sufficient to perform his household labor; from this he had fOJ·mcd an ide" that Cod never intended thtm to form one people, but ~hat they should always t·emain distinct anrl separate." r. N acogocloc!les. is merely a station for troops, anc.l contains nearly .,oo ~~uls. I t IS ~Ituatccl on a small stream of the rhCI' T0yac. lllc populuuon of Texas muy he estimated at 7000. These arc prmcipally Spa11ish, Creoles, 'some French, some Americans, nnd a few civilized Indians and hnlf breeds. 17~adr' and Commerce.--·~ his t> rovincc trades with l\1cxico lJy Mont El Rey and Montclovcz, for Jnerc:haudi~e. and with 1 1ew Orleans by Nnchitochcs; but the latter, being- CO!llr~bantl, is liable to great damage and risks. They give, in return, specie, horses, ant.l mules. . .!lg.n:wtt.urr.~-Thc American emigrunts arc intr0ducing so•nc httlc spu·n o! agncultme ncar to Nacogdoches and the. Triuit) ; hut the O[>(JJ'essions and suspicions they lubour under, prevent!:> tl u:it· proceeding with that spir·it which is necessary to g-ive succt..ss to the establishment of a new country. Abo1·igines.--The T<.~uc<u·ds arc a nation of Inc.liaus who to vc on the banks of Heel rivet·, and arc 600 men strung·. They fviiow lhe ~uffalo unci wild horses, and carry 011 a. trade with the ~p<1ni.u·ds. flley ar·c armed wi th the bow, arrow, and lance. Tlacy arc crrdtic and confined to no particular district: at'e a tall, hand!:lonae pt.Ot)lc m con · ' vcrsatton have a peculiar clucking-, and express nwre by signs lhan any s·t v·trrc.· 0 I · · · · 1 · · J • r 1 ' < n S ver VISltec • <ll1C. 111 Ji.ICt, U!I J~U:1!je <lj)j>Cul'S to have made less pmg-rcss. They complained muclt of their situatinn and the t1·catment of the Spnuianls; arc extremely poor, <~nd, except the Appaches, wet'C" the most jude pendent lndi<~us we en-countered in tl ~ · 1 · · , ~, hot·scs. lc vpan1s 1 tcrntones. I 1cy possess large droves o!' There n1·e a numbet· of other nations now nearJv extinct ~0 .-• of Which arc 111cntioncd by Dr. Sibley, in a report i1e made •to tl&. 20 |