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Show Ex. Doc. No. 11. Gl good oncf', p;tYtng two yards of scarl<'l cloth in thr bargain . By tIt is t i m c a l a r g t' n u m be r of In d ian s h n < 1 co II r c t c d about us, a II d i ff e r en t I y d res s c d , an cl so m ' in t h c m o ~ t fn nt aRt i c a 1 sty I P . T h c Mexican dres: and s8ddl<'S pred ominatrd, showing where they hatl <' h i e fl y mad c u p t h c i r ward rob c . 011 e had a j a c k d m a cl c of a J I <' n r y C Ia y iJ a cr, which a r o 11 s c d u ll p I cas a 11 t sensa t i o 11 s, l'o r t h <' a c· q 11 is i t i on , no doubt, cost one of our countrymen his lif<'. Sl'Vrra l wore U<'illl tifu] helm e ts, d<'ckc<l with bL1rk ft'a tlwrs, wlJi ch, with the short s hi rt, waist belt, bare Jegs and buskin: ga.vc th em the look of pi t;tures of ~1 ntiquc Gr<'cinn warriors. l\lost were fu rni shed with the Mexican cartridg box, whieh ·o nsists of a strap round the waist, w i t h c y I i n d c r s i n: crt c d for l b e c C1 r I ridges. Th semen have no ft. ·etl hom<"s. Th<' ir hou:cs arc of twigs, macl' easily, and deserted with indiffcrrncr. Th<'y hoY<'r arouJHi the brautiful hills that o\·crhang 1hc DcJ Norte bctwl•rn till• :3Jst and 32d parallels of' latitude, ancl JooJ .. down upon tlH' S lates of Chihuahua and Sonora; and wo' to the luckless c·ompany that Y<'ntlucs out unguarded by a strong forC"r. T11cir !till~ arc• co,erecl with luxuriant grama, whi ·h enab les U1em to k<'ep th<'ir horses in fi 11 e or d rr, fi o that t h c y c ;m a I w i'1 y s pun; u c w i t h rap i d it y :1111 I r c 1 r rat with saf•ty . Th li g-ht and grac('ful manner in which they mounted and dism ou nted, alw:1ys upon the right sidt', was the admiration of all. Th · ('hildren arc on hors('bark from iu fanry . There' was amongst them a p oor dc•formcd woman, with legs and arms no ] on g c r than a 11 infant's. I r o u I d n o l I<' a r n her his t or y, b 11 t s h c h n c l a me lan · hoJ y cast of count ·nan cc . ~ Le w:1 s wei I 1nonntcd, ancl th' gallant mann( r in which some of the' plumrd ApaC'lJc's \ntited on her, for sh' was perfel'tly hclpl<'ss whc·n dismouu t ccl, made it hard fo r me to l><'lieve the tales of' blood aud vice t old of' 1hcsc p o p 1 e. S h e ask<· 1 l f'o r w at<' r, an d o 'n e or two w c n' a l h r r s i d <' ; on' handccl il to her in a lin wnsh basin, which, from it s size, was thr fa.voril<' driul ing cup. . We wended our way through the n C'nrow YaJiey of Nigllt rreck. On each side W<'re l1ug-r stone buttes shootillg- up into the skiPs. A l one place W<' wen· r ompell<·d to mount ont' of l1H se spurs almo, t JWrpc·ndicular. 'I'hi~ g-aye us an opportunity of' s~..'<•ing \\hnl a mule could do. .l'vfy conclusion was, from wl1nt l ~aw , that tl1ey could cl i m b n r n r 1 y as steep a w a lJ as · n cat. A p ~ c k ~I i p p e d from a mule, and, thoug h not shaped favor ab ly for tbc purpose, rollt•<l entirely to the base of the hill , oYrr w11ich the mulf•s had dilllhed. A good road was s 11 b seq 11 r n11 y f o u n d t um i n g t h c . pur a !I d fo 1 - lowing lhe creek, until it debotlehctl into the Gila, wJ1i <:h W<ts only a mile distant. Some J•undrccl yanls U<'fore reaching this rivt'r tl1r ronr of j[s w at c r s mad c us u n d 1 stand t hat w <' w t· r to s c c so m r t h i 11 g d i JI'(' n · nl from the Del Norte. lts section, where we, truck it, (~ec tiJ, map,) 4,347 f et abovr tl1c sea, was 50 fed wide <lltd an <ncragc of two f, ·t dcrp. Clear and sv,rift, it came bouncing from the gr<•al mountains which appcar<•d to the north about GO miles distant. \Ve crossed the river, its large round pchLJcs and swift current causing the mules to tread wearily. |