19 Not far below this bridge is the junction of the principal (or Cow-
leach) fork of the Sabine with Hickory Creek. The National Road crossed
above the fork of these two streams (although Hickory Creek was not
called by name in the field notes). The crossing on Hickory Creek was
714 varas exactly northeast of the crossing on the Sabine. Obviously, with
this specific information at hand, neither map measurements nor actual
surveying on the ground can be guilty of more than a very small error
m locating the course followed by the National Road at this point.
