A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . olony had become much Destitutiondisheartened, and suffered great privation. Thev were almost ^^ suffering . 01 J of the first col- destitute of provisions and clothing, seed for planting was hard oniststo get and expensive, the men and women wore buckskin gar-ments and lived in the rudest simplicity. Prowling Indianscommitted frequent murders,and life in the wilderness was r - ^^nVjurdened with cares and suf-ferings sometimes almost un-endurable. Game was almostthe only source of meat-supply,and the scarcity of that for
A complete history of Texas for schools, colleges and general use . olony had become much Destitutiondisheartened, and suffered great privation. Thev were almost ^^ suffering . 01 J of the first col- destitute of provisions and clothing, seed for planting was hard oniststo get and expensive, the men and women wore buckskin gar-ments and lived in the rudest simplicity. Prowling Indianscommitted frequent murders,and life in the wilderness was r - ^^nVjurdened with cares and suf-ferings sometimes almost un-endurable. Game was almostthe only source of meat-supply,and the scarcity of that forcedthe colonists to live on the fatmiistajigs or wild horses thatroamed the prairie valleys of therado and the Brazos. Store-clotheswere unknown, and a travelling peddlerwas welcomed as a vision of light and beauty by the tired, anxious, and poorly clad women of thelog-cabin homes of those pioneer days. But through it all there Their heroicwas a gleam of that heroic patience and fortitude that have hofu^inemade the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-American race the dominant. A Cabin. 1^8 A COMPLETE HISTORY OF TEXAS. Period II. and permanent factor in peopling and subduing the Webtern uLi. ^.Qj-jj_ There was even a spirit of good cheer, hospitaHty, ^^-^ homely pride, and individual freedom, that made those early jji 5 times sweeter and better than any that have followed the arti- — ficial luxuries and refinements of later years. Settlements in The uncertainty attending Austins colony during his long delay in Mexico had caused many families to stop in EasternTexas, near Nacogdoches and along the lower Trinity, and thusbegan the American settlement of that region. The exact limitsof Austins first colony were not defined, but as finally developedit covered the district between the Lavaca and San Jacinto Riv-ers, extending from the Gulf to the interior as far as what is nowBurleson County, including the best portions of the Colorado andBrazos valleys. San Felipe de On July
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