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awakened, however, only one of them shared in the disappoinntment,
the others being fortunately this time too sick to eat anything had
we been more successful. Afterwards succeeding in purchasing of
Col. Spaight a lamb's quarter, which I and Bob cooked "a la mode
Parisienne" on "de St. Charles," and eating voraciously after our
day's labor we quietly, but at rather a late hour, assigned ourselves
to the Arms of Morpheus. Our march today was very cheering, the
aspect of the country through which we journeyed having changed
from the swamp, low and wet, to a high and rolling prairie inter-
spersed with timber dotted with habitations and occasionally tran-
versed by creeks skirted with a dense forest for a mile or two. The
land, however, as we proceeded up became poorer and is not here
near as fruitful as below, the crops of this season being poor and
consisting almost exclusively of corn and potatoes. The cattle range
is nearly exhausted, and still the evidences are that the people were
in a prosperous condition before the war.
Oct. 8 Thursday-Took up the line of march about the usual
hour in rather an ill humor because having slept less than usual
last night, and being awakened too early. Marched today 11 or 12
miles, 1/ beyond Chicot.94 Said Chicot has in it three buildings
and I believe 4 hotel signs of rather dilapidated appearance. I
reckon the other hotel has emigrated to Texas or enlisted. The
country is becoming more uneven and clayey. Not a great deal of
wealth visible along our route, chief products before the war, leather,
corn, potatoes and carrot tobacco, and ditto still only not in as
great quantities or at as reasonable prices. We go to the [Belle
Cheney] Springs tomorrow to summer it I suppose, judging from
the fact that we and other troops have been sent to this watering
place for our health, either Gen. Mouton has a pecuniary interest
in it and desires that its great medicinal virtues may be known,
appreciated and patronized after the war instead of Saratoga, etc.
of the North, or it has once cured him of the gout, or he wants to
get us out of the vicinity of pork and chicken and sugar cane or
something else. I can't conceive what, as the most of us are now
in excellent health and the Yanks contemplating an early attack.
Oct. 9. Friday-Marched past Belle Cheney Springs 2 miles and
camped in open, broken, piney woods. The only fact redeeming
the place of my perfect detestation is the fact that there is a beau-
tiful clear running brook within a 1/2 mile of camp and the water
is cool and excellent every way.
Oct. io Saturday-Remained where we were last evening, took
a stroll up -the creek, saw a quantity of sleek silvery perch and
squirrels and sat down by a huge birch and dreamed of home in
94The hamlet of Bayou Chicot is in Evangeline Parish.415
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 67, July 1963 - April, 1964, periodical, 1964; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101197/m1/477/?q=%221777%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas State Historical Association.