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Show 47 The wh• th rrl' m whidl E this dep ART. s1Jall b4 Theca ART. Santa J Rio T· del Or of inh: AR'I Ray ad Fclipl numb• dones An: Pcco :Migu Chic( A Arri A Sat~ Veg Rar 'l' h ( 15,1 l Fe tc. rl De Cl n c 1 b 482 Ex. Doc. No. 41. ehill winds came rushing along to meet us, we foutHl onrschres exwpoinsetedr tcol atyh.e ir full sweep, and we exp erienced the cold ui ~ midN ·ar three o'clock we formed our camp in the drn sr<> f. g rove of pine trees that we cou ld find. Haviug t11rned our hungry animals loose to gr:.ze, we mod a huge fire of pitch ·pine, and the rrziuou. wood soon ga ve forth firrcc flames and genia l warmth. We had mart hcd 15 milcs-~:old and fatigue ltnd W(·11 prrptlr('d us to enjoy su<"h a fire as we hudt. lldorr long, a number of lVI<·xicnns, with e I even " carrel''"" I oad e,l w i lh co rn, s t n p pcd and en camped, not further from us than n stone's throw. We went to sec if t1 1 cy ],ad any \'e~elahlcs to sell, and learn ed lhnt they were from "':!'ngique ," au d were g.oi n g t~ "A I h uq uc rq u r." They off,. f<•d us some d n e<l pu m ~ Jc. ns, tor w lu c h th cy nsk cd a most extravagant price. Thes · 1\1 <'X I can s work for t I<J·<·e rca Is " d a ;r, {37 A c:cnt s,) on d yet wdl often ms<st on hav«<g that pnce for a sJngle stick of fi re ·wood, '"hu·h they obt A<n for f he ru tlwg, and whir h cl'n he rut i 11 a few minutes. Although the Mcxi<·anss .. rm to he. o desirous of obt-~iniug money, yet they. do not know 1ts tntt• value or use. We often heard of men of t h c l11ghest class, whose tin g lc d e.<i re seemed t 0 he Ito collect go ld .and s!lvrr and slow Jt. away. The m;~jor portion of ~he people hvc not one b<l better than the n<•groes on a planta tion 1n our southern States; and the nco of the villngc, ] 1 kc the planter, poss<·sses everyth 1ug; no ?nc (•lsc own· a single sheep. I have been much surpnsed by tl1e many men and children of the lower class that I have met with who bo th rend and write; in fact. all that we qu estioned scem<•d to be edueated, IIHIS far, bu t t/ 1 eJ have n.o hooks; I only r ecollect to havr seen a Roman Catholic catceh<Sm at l'a<IJ!las. Ma,y of thr sons of the ri<'os arc well cdu<·nted_;,.wc saw s~vrral who had been al Union Col!t•ge, St. lLanogu<-us.a geI g••reaym •mpaetaikca Il lrye.n ch aud English ' and understand their own P re•l cfoctd>Jcnmgb eorn e1 .a-nWd eso fooru nd this 1d ay "much more pleasant· tha·n l11e ·when at on ce ' before• wel rhc· suf mcc our marc-h ' our cou·r se std I dtrect ' 3.t ght of the e'x t(lnu cl I · rl( !!h'O' neh lllOrc than fon· r mde ' W' Cauo,.., -ht f r o m tin. s }) Ia c e o n to tP l1 ea 1In , wf :c1 may be · ronsufercd as un•b roken upon Uu. s boundless t•xtenta uct' WH· ··r e t(h'11e t11nber · grow·s .1 · 1o look f b b ' 0 0 pra1n,., 1 s th e nllnd wtt 1 tdcas, not travl'(]'a ust1ty IJ, fuurtt hoerf gorvaen deur· ; an·d wl1en ' with the mind's f·' ye ' we 1. s se1.z e< 1 W.i th a feeling r snu·c ce1s siOns· of these bo· undl ess l<u ns ' one E h I h a IC( to }Hun, as the m1nd expan ds to com- ref enc sue vastness Sue·} L • • t' 1 e ore us· and whenq w• e 1 1, l Were tlle ImpressiOns o t 1e seen ~ 1 1. k the ]oft 'a 1 °0 (e( u~ c , we saw the hoary he~ds of 1o.. re cec 1Ya rsn c ws hn1.o1 ew -rcoaupnpdc d tmh o·u ntbn tn s, to mid· height clad with som-rocks were' >iled a . ~~r ~se, and near to u~, the ruvged thrown th .~ h I' b s If the wdd dtsord er in which nature had first The becari· ac f tehcn a,~eLw confused by sub terranean couvulsions. < ng 0 i1le same w'th t} e abg una. S a l ac f as, '' I•~ S . 62° E.. .., w bI' C·h I· we first struI ck ·lte geAn< >Ira' l h ~a.n ng o f t}l e Alb uquerque roa( I s1. nre ferms the di,-id ·In· · d s 1g t rtdge that rises beyond these 1a kes 1 g ri ge etween the interior haoin in which they I Ex. Doc. No. 41. 48!1 arc situnt r cl arHl the vnlJ<·y of. the Rio ~/'c,o~ ... ~wo milrs_further b ,. 0 u " 1 ~ , , t n t h c d t• ~ r rt c d v til a g e o f C h t1 d 1 ; fro m . tit I :-; p l a cr: the ~oad ,.,, ,Ii uurs un in th ~our•. • to th., s~lt l al~cs, wluch ~r~! J(j milt•s di ~ tant. TIH• town of Cbthlt 1s one ot n.10dcrn cons tr~ct lO.; the wall s of the h ous~s arc formed by placwg ,log · upr'ght Ul t lJ c g r 0 u • d , a n cl p 1 n s t c n n g t h r m o v c r w 1 t h m u d . . T h e roo f. of t u e hon ~c: arc il ct t, and composed of the snmr ~nat<'ri<~Is. The town wa-. dt ·r tt•d some Y<'iHs ago, ?n account of tlh~ dlsap.JH'ar;~nce ~f tIt <.) ~ t 1 t .un o f w a t£• r that ~ u p p lJ e d t h c p l a c c . I a r l o f t h c Ill h a h 1- t a n 1 s h a v e [ o r m <' d n n c w t o w n h i g J~ e r up o n t 1t e co u r s c o f . t.ll is fi (' k 1 0 s t I' c (l m . vV e t h e r c r 0 r e s t a r t c d 1 0 r. tills s c c 0 ll ~] t 0 ~ n . II a. vI n g gone" cn•J!de of miles we fot.lnd the vdlagc, \\~uch. IS one of the por1 t•st , h;nc seen. Crosstng the ~lr<'am, \\ hte~l . J ~ her,t- fu.l) of watl'r, \\C rcarh cl the road tltnt.runs !rom Old Chddi to f ag1qncJ the two place bt•ing about 16 mdes d 1 ·.t a.n t from each othrr. W • &oon encountered flocks of she<'p containing 6cvcral thouiand; • • t oppt•d to purchase som<), aud found them to .be remarkably flllt. '}'It e ~ r a z ill g g r o u n d s t 0 the r as t of the rr o u n t a 1 n s afford • x (}:(·II en t pH~tu•· i1£!/' , and this basiu, around tltc salt Jukes as wt'll as the v<rl- 1 e y , , f 1 h c P (' cos, arc d <' s t! r ~ c d I y <' c I c brat<' d. . Wlt tl•· tfi Ci king my sc ledJOllS fron.1 the flo('k of sheep, J.1 eutrn~~t Pocl, ,. lH• had ridden on a short d1stan ce, ncount(•red two M~x1- cans·' no soonN clid they ce him, tban they distnou ntt'd, and comDH: n ~(·d rxamining the loading of tl.Jeir c;~rhinrs. I.Jic•utcnant P~c.lc imm<·diately drew forth the p1stols from h1s holsters, wbrrc11pon the ffi ('ll h •lJ a counc;l of war, and concluded to <'ry out "Amigos!" ancl tb cn advanced, saying that they had mistaken him for a Na- Vaj oe. . . At la st we reached "Tagique," an1l huntmg below thP town With out findm g- any wat~r, we were for ced to encamp higher ul' on. the 8trc.•am, where we found an abundant supply. Our ruarch, ~wee starting, was 22 miles. . . A t t h 1 s town we m <' t Mr. E . J. V a n g han , a M 1 s sou 1'1 a 11. IT e h a d, l1e said~ been extn•mely anxiou as to hi <> safely in r('mai ning hert>, for an insurrt•ctionary feeling was rife through tb<' w.l1 ole c.ountry, and partirularly at this out-of-the-way place;. and .th1s ftel1ng '.va not a little excited by messag<'s from persnns 1n CJ11hunhua, . tattng that they were abo ut to come up by tbis roau, with 11,000 men, and with the as. istance of the New Mexi cans would de ·troy all tha detestable her(• tics. And he accidentally l1cart1 some of the inhab i t a u t s o f t h i s t o w n a r ran g i n g t h c p a r t i t i o n t h c y w o u1 d m a k e o f.ll i 11 goods; for he was here trading with the people for corn, and the wagous we ~aw yrstcrday were some that he l~ad sent 011 t ~ San~a Fe. Mr. Vaughan said that he h a d s p c n t t hI r t c en y c a r s 10 tfu s country. He gave me some interesting accounts of the customs of the Put>bloes, and t ells me that they l.ave a dane~, called Mont<.• zuma's dan ce, whi ch is danced around a pole. lie also stated that when he first carne to this country that the rum~ of P co~.; wer~ inhabited, and that he had been there and sern the sacred fire. .November 2.-As we Jenrncd that t.he next town was but thr~e m i 1 r s d is t a n t , \V e d i d n o t 1 e a v e t b i i p 1 a c c u n tIl q u i t e J a t e, an d lD |