. Sport and adventures among the North-American Indians [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Indians of North America; Adventure and adventurers; Chasse; Chasse; Indiens d'Amérique; Aventure et aventuriers. i I If 101. SAN ANTONIO IN 18G8. I' (M. CHAPTER XV. Snn Antonio and Toxas in 1808.—Ilorse-stcnlinf?. Its punishment.— Shocinj^ and broakiiijj wild i)oni('s. N(i<,'r()(}a tlin best breakers.— Mexicans and their mode of life.—Part with Hilly liroeze.—Move to l''—Too hot for the doj^s. Death of one.—Tryiii}^ the men's courage.— Ilalliday, his history.—A real frontiersman. lie dec
. Sport and adventures among the North-American Indians [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Indians of North America; Adventure and adventurers; Chasse; Chasse; Indiens d'Amérique; Aventure et aventuriers. i I If 101. SAN ANTONIO IN 18G8. I' (M. CHAPTER XV. Snn Antonio and Toxas in 1808.—Ilorse-stcnlinf?. Its punishment.— Shocinj^ and broakiiijj wild i)oni('s. N(i<,'r()(}a tlin best breakers.— Mexicans and their mode of life.—Part with Hilly liroeze.—Move to l''—Too hot for the doj^s. Death of one.—Tryiii}^ the men's courage.— Ilalliday, his history.—A real frontiersman. lie declines to go-with us.—II has an adventure wliile on guard.—Fort Mason.—Indians catch and torture a man.—15ig-foot Wallace. Refuses to go with us.—Leave Fort Mason.—Fight between horses.—A refractory mule. His cure.—An ovor-confident major.—Start for Fort IJelkiin]).—A plundered waggon.—I meet with Indians. 1 am pursued. Shoot an Indian's horso and escape.—Difficult country. San Antonio in 18G8 was a very interesting town, still very Mexican in appearance, having two fine plazas, which on market days were full of Mexicans in their picturesque dress. At the stalls you could get a good dinner of " Chile con carne," fiijolcs, and tortillas, cooked on a brazier, though you could not always be sure what the meat you were eating was, Mexicans not being very particular. From the Gulf to this point Texas is very level, but from here the country rises, and the scenery improves, till you pass li. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Messiter, Charles Alston, b. 1841. London : R. H. Porter
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