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Show t t. " 0 I 0 "m tu Ex. Doc. No. 41. 432 the fusil balls of the In<lians. W oo<l i • too scarce, and of surh a kin<l as is nol suited for building, while the "adobes" answer every purpose so well that t~ey ""-!":' u ed by J,icutenant Gilmer, of the engin<'cr corps, at Santa Ji ·, tn t\1e eo< structton of Forl Marcy. I was told that the "adobes" could be hou~ht in M cxico for eighteen ~cnts the hundrel\. Pilka ·with some of the mt>n of the fort, "\\enl down to the mouth dr the Purgatory, or " L<l s Ani mas," to get the m u l (·s, preparatory to ;tarting for :);!lila FC in lht' morning. The} found \hem 10 a finl' pastunng grounll, loo\ong mueh unproved. Mr. Ucnt'~ people wert' rutting hay; they fLnd that thl' wil(l gras 0 f t h c h otto m s, w h en we 11 r u rt' ( 1 , tn a k e s c. c c ll c n t h a y . Captain Walker <·ame •lo\\n th' river, having reeciH<I informa· tion of th ·approach of a large body or olnntcerg. lie had some si:-.ty head of mult' , an<l will, donbtle '. , dispose of them to the volunteer:;" ith great <ulyantagl', both lo himself an1l to the troops, as their horses arc completely urokcn down l>) the m<u~h across theI nd ethsee rlm. orning Hill Gar<') arrivell here. He was the interpreter 1 as L y t' <H a l l he r o uti c i 1 h e l d in A u gus l at t h i. p I ace, by a de puLa· Lion of Delawares and the Cheyenne nation. He is now t·n~aged in trading with the Indians in the ricinily of Pl'ublo, o:- Hard-crBahcbflo~? te. clark Mr. M. l. Vrain tol<l us that li<' had concluded to go to SaM a FC. W c "ere all <I cligh t c tl when he ann oun cctl hi intention, a. he will <loubtlcss he able to procure us some fresh meat on the mareh, bt•in~ a goo<l huntsman, and our roa1l lc:ul through a Hgion that abounds with the llrcr, the antelope, anclthe turkey. We are in hopes, too, that we ·hall be ju. t in time for the will\ fruits, as the plum, the grape, antl the currant abound, antl three varit>ties of the currant are found in rrrcat profu:::ion in the ll1 o u n lain passes. W c knew the co u n lr y to 0 bc full of g<un C'; we pictured to oursl'lvcs the streams of pure cold watl'r, over which the plum trt'CS waved their gold n drupes, while the vine twin<:d around the cotlonwooll or gral'd'ul locu t tree, or clambered up the mountain ~ill e.: , .laden '' \th rich clusters of the purplt' grape, antl th rot:ks t•mbrotderell wLth the currant hu h, laden with it"> ttans-parcnl wax-1 ike berri 'S . 1Vcdncsday, ,\'cpl('rnber ~.-We now comm<.:nc·c<l in <roo(1 parne. t, f . ' b 1 . to pr<'pare or our JOurney, and the morning was ~p~,;nt in pac ong up . l had the coffee all prepared, anti cnourrh bread baked to last several days, for I wi~hed lo have our time 0uncn~umbcred for the few f1 ~-s t d a y ~ , u n 1 i l m y par t_y , co 11 sis t in g o f m y s e H, .Mr. N ours e, and lldkn, should gel our (\utLcs a little systematized. A~ 3 o' ·lock we ford e.! the Arkansas, ju~t n~ "cvcral companies of Colonel Pn_ce :· rcg11ncnt _wc~e forming their rlltnP · As we l_eft, there wa~ a s1q~ht shower o{ ram, find the slcy looked thrca.lemng, but we w r · all too ghul to gel once mon· in our :-.ad dles to be turned back by a shower of rCiin. Several times we thought of fanning ('amp, ir~ order to prepare for a storm, for the c1olllls, with black and lowenng aspect, Wl're rushing towanls u~, and extru1led |