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Show 41 Tl iht w t thi sl1 ~ Th Sal Ri• de of Ra Fe nu do l Fe :Mi Ch .Ar Sa Vt. R,1 Tl 15 Cl 486 Ex. Doc. No. 41. extremity rE"~ts on an upright, and the other is up.helrl ~y an inclin.- d sti<'k that rests on the upper burr, so th at th mol1o11 of the burr givt•s a jostling mo~ion. to the trough and hopp<·r; thus .the grain falls into the op n~r~g 1n the ccnt·rc of the upper burr, ,\nd passt•s out bct.wPcn the two burrs. . . . ] n t h e e v <' n 10 cr t h c a 1 c a 1 d e c a. m c an < l m v 1 t c <1 us t o a f ,, n d.'l n go . Whilst skt'tcl~i'ng , ome of tht· buildings in the towns, a large conrourse of the inhaLitauts co llrctcd around mr, t•ag,•r to ~ce ,., h n t I was do in g . J took t h e . o p p ~ H u n i t r to i m p res s tile n~ w 1 t h the idea of th<' numerous bod1rs oi AmcrH:ans who W<'I'C 1n the country. I tol(l them tha.t lnr:ge bodil's of so ldiers Wlre to be stationed a l A l b n q u e r q u c , t h 1 s w lll t c r ; t h a L t h c r c '~ ere t roo p s a l Covero that there were troops in the Navajoe couutry, aud troop~ at Sant~ F{~. And as to the Mexicans having ::;ai el that th<'Y wt·re coming from Chihuahua, by this route, to Santa F6, that tiH'y li ed ; the p t? o p lt> of C 11 i h u a h u a t a I k c• d of what . t h c y w o ul d do, w l'.rl c the Americans h a v c a 1 read y go n e ll own the n v c r to m crt t he 10 , 1 f t h <' y dare come. These things they knew to be true, for tht•y a I I are well a<'quaint<'d with the motives ancl di !'position of our forces. ]i'rom that moment there was a great change in the conduct of the people. . In thr ev<'ning I went to the fan<lango, an<l md w1th ,1 tn<'rry an c 1 ), a p p y -h c a r t e d s ct. T h r y all d an c e d , ;1 11 d s '."<l r c c a m om <' n t <1 uri n g t he e v c n in g but what t h c floor was o c <' \1 p 1 c c l w 1 tl1 (' o up I c s wbi1li 1g in tltc graceful waltz. They d.tnced the "rumh<'," they \valtzecl, and <lancecl again. '!'he al('a.lde and hi~ wif· ~1t a t the head of tln· room; she had a black bottle full of" agu:,rdi< nl<'/ ' t h i H :;; h e clc (ll t to t h c rn o s t h o n o r c t1 ; a u c 1 a p e a sa n l w ~ n t r o u ~ d 1 h c roou sdling app les. The music was produce<l by ~u rtar :-., v10lln ,, and voic<'s. The singers C'Omposccl th l'ir snr1gs impromptu; ;nul ofteu the listeners would burst forth into lcngtln·nc·cl pf• al~ oi l alq~hter, nt some hnppy strol e of tl1c witty improvi"ato r. Whilr here, 1 made the aequaiutau cc of " El St'iior Dr>I1 P<•<lro ll a r a , ' o u e who has c h <H g r> o f t h c s i I v e r m i n t' s. Tl e to I ~I m c t h a t there is, in the mountaiu~, mines of silvrr, co ppl·r, 1ron, a?d "az.ogn<';·' by this last word, I und erstood ;,im tom ·an cpurl .. c:;~lver; hut In str ict mining language," nzoguc ' i-1 \lSt'<l to Wl'<tn silver ore nd(1ptul for amalgamntion· for the orcs that [ brougltl to the Unitrd Htatcs, and which he ~allcll "azoguc,' do not contain any mercury. Upon my <'·pressing a clr sirc to obtain some of tll<.' orr~, h s~icl that hf' would send at once·; it was now nt·ar 10 o'clock at ni ght, ancl I hqmcd hint not to think of puttin g- ltim. elf to f->O much trouble; hut he insist<'d 011 sending, ancl tolcl lilC that iff WOltlc\ wait until 12 o'clock the ne"<l day, that his m1·n would return with plenty of sprcimrns of the ore . A"-' I ~till insistul on h1c:; 11 ut go-ing to . uch g·rcat inconYenic•nrc, ltc said thnt he was obligrd to sencl out, and whethrr I waitt'd or not he shoultl do ~o. I therefort' cons<' ntccl to remain. Novembl'r 1.-As I sh•ould be det ain <1 herr llntil m1chhy. l ~ <'nl forward t h w a go n a n d p a r t y , an d Vd' 11t w i t h E I , '< rr o r 1 ) , 11 P e d 1 o, to his house, there to await the arrival of the mcsscngN with the Ex. Doc. No. 41. 487 •.; 1 e c i m <' n ~ . IT e g a v c m e a book <' on t a i n i n g t h c 1a w s o f t he m i n c s an d s p o I{(' m u c h o f t h e p r o d u c t i v e n <' s s o f t It e " I a b o r t' s" o f M a n ~ z n n o , w h i c h l1 c r e p r c s l' n t ,. d a s g r l' at I y s u p e r i o r t o t b o s c o J S o c 0 r r 0 , as ht· bad on('e work<·d those of the latter place. This man was the• \vondl'r of the villa~c; he had Lccn to !VL1tamora~ and to New Orlean~; aud wl1il.c ~:vas tltnt', took the opportunity to give R ~ong an,ouut to hts inPuds of tltc great slt.'tllllhoat~ on watN, ancl ~he l1 , tle ~t('.;)m[~oa t~ on land, that run aloug on roads of iron; an<l eo uc ltl dPd ltJs du.;conr~e hy :·wy iu g, "what iu th' whole world ::;hows morf' beaulifull .Y the wondl'rful g<•nius of man than stt'nmhoats antl stram cars?" 'l'lte rest of the time wa. co11sum •d in lookiu~r overso mt. p 1 ant s; he pointed o u l a r-: p c c i <: s of w i I cl m :nj or c m, that h c callt·d "Oregon." At 11 i o'c lock.' t.be man that wa · ~ent returned, hringing numerous ~pec1mcns oi stlvcr ore. He saH.l that he could haVl' got rne ~~IH't i.UH~l.IS of. tlte copper, ctnd otltcr sd vcr ore~, but the mine were to o l a r f o r lu m t o g o a n d r e t u r n L y 12 o' c I o r k . .l\1 y f n c n d c a 11 e d the qu:.rt:t "quix:l;'' nlso "m,1 dre de Ja plata." 1 now. bad<' adu.:u to my _gc•nc•rous rntertainers, and with thou:; an d · o t x t.r a v a gaul com p lt m l' 11 t ~ fro m the k in cl p eo p ll' T s c t 0 u t to overtake the party . Aller trav<~lling sonthcas~ for G miles [ ~·c<~C'hP <l the anf.tent. village of "Quarra." Hen• there is yet sta~d- 1 n !~ tIt c w i II H of a t 11n c worn f' at he d r a I ; it is corn post' d entire 1 y 0 f stone, red ~and.toiH' ; the pit•<·es arc not more· thau 2 inches thiclc. '! h <' w a II s a r e 2 f c d w i d c , ~1111l l he o ul c r fa c c d r c s s c d o {f to a p c r - 1<;ctly pl.alll su rface. The ~round plan pr sents the fonn of n eros-;, .wtth r •dangular projections in each of tile angles. 'l'ht• r.;hort a r~n of t!t<' eross is. 3~~ f~et ~2 iucht·s wide; the long arm is 18 feet ~ l,l('hc·; wuf,•; thc:tr . axts arr, rc:-;pertively, 50 fed long, and 112 icet long- and then tntersedion is :30 feet from the head of the cro~"i. The reelaugular projf'dion' that partly fill th<• ang·lcs iJrnH•d by the arm~;, are G fel'l. ~quare. At the fool of the cr(ISS ate r<'drlugular projf•ction~, that measure 10 feel in lite di['(·ction of thP long UXIl-l, and 6 ft•ct it the other direction . Arouncl the dtltr.t'h a•·e t.hl' less conspicllOII!', remains of uum<'rous 11ous('s, that ~ac.l,l>l't'l l~ut!l of thl' same material, .'lnd the ~urfacc·s of tht• walls fttli Stu·d wrth 1ools; !Jut thtsc ho•tSl'.' arc almost le\el with the ~at1h, \d1ile the walls of the ancient church ri,es to the height of GO'[.,, 1. While m ~ hng n.1 y m <•as,t l'l ' lllcn tH, assisted by one of the m~ n who h,td fl'llt,llnt·d wnh me, a .JVfcxic:an came up to me• and saltl 111 th(~ most myst<·rinu-1 way, ''I know ~omctlting of great moment, and want to speak to you, to you alone; no one must ue 11 eM, r; om • w 1 t h me to rn y h o u t · . " I w c• n l; but w h (' u " e a rr i ~ r tl tlter t•, we found an old ruin fi ttc'd up with suc:h mod<•rn addition a~ W.ts nctesso.ry to rcnd<•r it habit:tblt•. Here were sn(lal worncn . 1 ::.a~ some tunc, L.lkinJ of inddfl rent matters, w;uting- an. iously· the lnq.ortant ::;<><.: ·ct ; Lul my fr i<'nd did not Iii t! the }HC-.;t·nre of the· womLn, a11(l \\ Ou lcl not tell me th<.'n; so I got ready to rC'cornlH'n~ ·c rny jrntrn.._·y, whill· he cn dt>avored, 111 .L th ou~'and ways, t() <I c t a · n me. 1 a: k t~ < l h i m c.; o m (' q u e ~ t i o us a b o u t t b <' g cog rap h y of he co uulry, ancl abo1tL the famou~ place culled ''Gran Quivc1a." |