. History of Texas : from 1685 to 1892, volume 2 . , of the United States army, re-cently arrived at that place. The most intelligent andobserving men, with these opportunities of observation, be-came convinced that a people confined to the use of cisternwater, are not subject to this fearful scourge. This opinionwas also greatly strengthened by similar experience atSavanah, Georgia, and the freestone water regions of Georgia,Alabama, and similar districts of country, while in the lime-stone regions of the valley of the Mississippi, as before andsince repeated, at St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisv
. History of Texas : from 1685 to 1892, volume 2 . , of the United States army, re-cently arrived at that place. The most intelligent andobserving men, with these opportunities of observation, be-came convinced that a people confined to the use of cisternwater, are not subject to this fearful scourge. This opinionwas also greatly strengthened by similar experience atSavanah, Georgia, and the freestone water regions of Georgia,Alabama, and similar districts of country, while in the lime-stone regions of the valley of the Mississippi, as before andsince repeated, at St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Lexing-ton, Nashville, and elsewhere, its ravages have been terrible. THE LATER COLONIES. The origin of the later colonies of 1841 to 1844 has beenalready given. Now in 1849 their work had been substan-tially accomplished, by the introduction into North Texas ofa large and valuable agricultural population, the introductionof a similar population -into the German colony, with itsheadquarters at Fredricksburg, and the successful labors of the. GOV. HARDIN R. RUNNELS HISTORY OF TEXAS. 351 indefatigable Henry Castro, who had secured a good foot-holdfor his colonies on and west of the Medina. The beneficialeffects of these enterprises, in extending and populating thethen frontier, in view of the enfeebled condition of the coun-try at that time, can scarcely be estimated at this day. Thehistory of the German and French colonies, menaced as theyconstantly were with Indian tribes, suffering much fromdepredations, unacquainted with the country and its language,and during the year of 1846 facing disease and death on theirroute from Indianola to their mountain destinations, revealsboth moral and physical courage, worthy of the highest ad-miration. Even their descendants of this day can form noadequate conception of the hardships endured by them from1843 to 1848. The respective regions in which they settled,as seen to-day, reflect the wisdom of Presidents Lamar andHouston and the Con
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