"Great valley, too, but it oughtn't to belong to the Mexicans.

It's been going down under them for a long time.

They haven't been able to protect it from Comanches, Apaches and Lipans.

The old convent that we held last night had been abandoned for fear of the Indians, an' lots of other work that the Spaniards an' Mexicans did has gone the same way." The beauty of the country increased, as they rode.

Fine springs of cold water gushed from the hills and flowed down into the clear green stream of the San Antonio.