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From: "Sara D" <>
Subject: Re: [SouthernTrails] Re:Texas Trace
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 07:49:02 -0500
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Hi, Larry. First of all, I should make it clear that what I wrote was an
extraction of an extraction of his Diary. The poor man suffered from
spiritual battles within himself and most of the diary consists of accounts
of these battles. A kind lady, whose name I have lost, did the first
extration for a genealogy magazine, lost the name of that, too. Sorry. This
lady deserves a great big medal for her work....his diary is really pretty
dreary. Sometime back I sent her extract to Southern Trails in a series.
If interested, I guess they would be in Rootsweb's archives. I had a
computer crash, so lost my own copies.

I rechecked, and the accounts of the 14th of October are accurate, i.e.,
"baren fork of Clins River."

Also, "300 yards wide" is what was written in the extract. Maybe he meant
300 yards long, bank to bank. I can't put my hands on the whole diary, so
can't check the "original" copy.

They were able to buy food for their animals almost every day, so they
passed through regions that were fairly well populated. He also commented
on rich, red soil, so obviously passed through Oklahoma somewhere. Can you
believe it, I have never tried to follow the trail on a map?

He mentions, several times, difficulty in "changing" money. I assume he
meant his gold. He also kept a strict account of the money he spent. Best
regards, Sara


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