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so it was. They had concluded that their only way
was to try to reach El Paso and meet us there.
They had walked to within five miles of El Paso
that day when darkness overtook them. They scraped
the cactus and thorns from under a bush, lay down
there and slept till morning. Then they made for
the city and got something to eat. It was our
intention the worning we parted to make El Paso that
day, but owing to what happened we were delayed.
So we had to carap another night. We did not
arrive until ten o’clock the next, morning at the grist
mill, about half a mile above the city of El Paso.
Here was a dam in the river. As we were working
to get our boats over this dam, we noticed the two
lost boys coming up alongside the river to meet us.
I need not say that we were very glad to see them.
It turned out to be a good thing and an advantage
for us all that they did get lost and arrived at the
place ahead of us. Here the river runs almost due
south. On the right hand we had Mexico with quite
a large city named Juarez and on the left the state
of Texas. About 30 rods from the river bank was a
small town by the name of Franklin and between this
little town and the river was a thick growth of young
poplar. The town could not be seen from the river.
The bovs had traveled on the Mexican side into the
Mexican city and after that they had got breakfast
they crossed over the river and found this little town
on the American side. They told us that it would
be best for us to land on that side, and had picked
out a good place alongside the poplar grove for
our camp.
Wherever we landed our flag was raised. Here
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