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Show 500 Ex. Doc. No. 41. 1 fJ II d w it h c o tl o n t r c r. ; t h <' l thr ri,rr \alll'y bc)On< 'l It f volc·lnic rol'k, and th<.' 1to.w ln afnla<t "mesa," .. ' I with a f' lee o ' rJ'l. •. 11 ' CO\ ct l < • • tht• <listan ·c. us ''' cy Hg l , I ' low-cnpJH'< l ~s ·t ct.t .a , th.a' t !'IS ' • 1111· of • but .t t 1. s o f' narr0 " gfr anVt· l.hsr cr<l<' 1I a.. 1J e, en Vl'ry lu ghl) :po len , f· 't~ ancl its soil is :4and). . . ··t to on' of the trad<)r. ' !'amps, ltnNl O'l'embl'r 19 .-While P"Y 111 ~a,~ ts~ 'O t'll A I a rgc slab of vol - I " the lnclian m •t1to < I .o r grt.n < tnn., 1 c' ne.i ghboring "me, a; '' tlIt. s.~w rocl· ha<l hc<'n obtatncd fromf. t lC. l I>hrc<l in an inclined can1Ctl n ~orkcd into a level ~ur ace ·~1~1~1 th'c corn that has been was· t' l to forrn the " met'· ,te. " ur>on w l:H. l ·s }>heed' anc l grounc I pos1 .'on, . ·l, l to ren<h'r tl more ctt~p, 1. • l'CVlOU ·Jy p.H< lC ( ~vith ·m oblong stone. 1 } I left his hom(' to try th • ht>alth ' · 1 t Mr Ph('lp~ w 10 ta< · 1· 1 B ing in the LaHt "'fl' . a. . f the, 'Rol'lcy mountain,, 'tee . . <' • • f the r<'Stonng ellln,\lc o . l } , I ho H'd that tlH' put ' au o . l ... s'·t "t'lg<' of collsnmpttOn,, H'l.l,H l Ot\''.tth tan<litur the lH?JH'h - .r..a ir'i c' migJtt ame I' t l · < 1S (' 'l ~ l' • ' n 1 t b lfH:t . (' ll. r •• r • • •, 'Ct the <'XpO.'UJ'l' UIH Cl' C rial clfc•cts that pure .~.'r ·~~{. l;;,~.dul~~;g) journeys •luring clays 0~ tllin canvasR walls oi {It let. ' fl' •ct" of th< dCJHiva tiOn of ~he 1 } 1 • etc n ou s <' ·~ · II ng heat and colt; .tlc < < f .· .. ,:1' c<l life· the nN'rssity o{ travel I} various conve JllCllC ·S .0 Cll \l %: ·l or ' wel1 more t l1 an <" •l llCC t ll' t .1 hcther tht• pattent H' stt . ' < ~~J\:nucnres of the hC'allhful dtmtat<l'c:al of icc in the Rio del g November 20 .-W e h a v c a'm g. r eat ly· <s tr' on<r to hear th<• wct• g l t of J. Norte· alone place it wusfsu H'lfe~l I: making atole, which 15 a a man' W c found some o our rH'ln< l'ifl . of parched corn. Ycry' d·i lute kw· < 1 0 f mu.s l 1 ml fl tl e of t H' 0 u 1 1 1 1 1 5 r D . l lnd not yet cone Ul e< 11 We lcarn<'d that C~lonc onlp tan ' ' lc<l in eight day!', and t t with the NaVflJOcs, an<l wa expcc rca y . alrc·Hly at ocorro. I several compantes were ' ' I l' hted by the arrival of s~vcra November 21.-W e wer < e Ig ·t that two co mpantes of Am"rirans who confinned the rcpot One can never Co1'"o nel• D· 'o niphan ' s ~cg·t m n t wcrh · t<' ltt h oco:rureo · wilfully liar.' b ut believe the N cw Mex1cans; not t a . y 1 1 but ju<lg, a. tf they ar so ignorant that they sec no\lu~g c ~~tf' to the cone p· looking through a gla.·s dark~ncd, an< ~1~<'f l tion thus derived' w lHch generally IH~' . • ~ sc ~on ious po 1 i ten c ... ; The Mexican. arc remarkable for_ t lC1r1 cer 1 unrover then in meeting eae\l other t ey generally em Hac~o~~~la of inquiries heads, after which ea~h runs through ~ long d wi he, an<l invoca· after friends and rcl~t10ns, and r,nc~s ~' tt\1 g~~r in and the saint s. tions of the protecting care of. (A O< ' t le g . 'I wi1 h the com· To-day some one greet .d a Mt>~te·~~ .~ho.,;Pl;:a\~~tantly replied, m on salutation of " V 1 v a us t e < m 1 .• \Jl o s' t h I a t ) car of l h c "an<l God grant, sir, that you may ltve to see e < • thousflnd." . fit of the ~ anta Fe E rom what I have been mformetl, the prot s l' s or prints traders are in this proportion: ~o~d~,3s;,cl~c~~s·c~r:~o~.azinets ·and that arc bought for 10 cents, se ot ~ .. ' , • Tho u utullo'' of Cluigcru.. Ex. Doc. No. 41. tJ01 dothl-l, ro ting about 25 l'Cnts, sell for $2. A wagon contains from two to three thouHi'lll<l dollars worth of goods. .lV"ovembcr 22.-W <.:have haclsome ucws to-day that caused quite an cx\·itcment. The p •o plc of Chihuahua have had spi<· · out, far advanced in the dircrtion of th<' rout<• by whil'h General Wool will have to approach, and they now ~ay that he is not coming at all. 1'Jus has so cncouragc<l th · Mexican. that they have determinec.l to send a force here and capture the wagons and valuable goods of t llt' trader ·. Novcn"ber 23 -A <'old wind, that continued to hlow all day, obliged u to gather arourul our c:amp fires; but cv ·n th ·n it was almo t impossible to be comfortable; one must keep constantly revo 1v in g in orcler to have all sid t•s warm. \Vhilc sitting hy the fire ]a ·t night, we heard the sound of hor ·cs' hoofs on thr frozen ground; hailing tho ·c who approached, we foun<l that th~y were from a trader below, who was sending to orono to procure medical aid for a sick man, and to inform us all that he had rce<'ived most positive information with regard to an intended march of the Me. ican:-; from below, and urged all to join in an application for the volunteers at Socorro to <'orne down and encamp where they would be ready to assist us. November 24 .-When we fir~t aro 'e, the ri v r was frozen across, but by br akfa t time the icc wa · floating clown the rapicl current iu great quantiti · , with a constant murmuring sound as the fragment · grated together. Th' riYcr is here full of ·and bars. At one plac we plucked a reed, "arundo phragmites," and without difficulty threw it across the riYcr, which at that plac· • was not more than 50 feet wide to the bar, but the water i · now very low. A· one of the axe he I vcs had been broken, we ·were forced to suppl;y it with a pi cc of "mezquit;" it wa · very dillicult to get .t stra1.ght ptcce of suffieient length. .Dunng the day, we sent up an c•xprcss to the volunteers, desiring them to move clown the river. November 25.-Thi · morning w, walked down to a trader's C<tmp below u ·. We found he had mad' preparations for remainIng here some time. His men had constru<:ted a log hou ·c, which fthoertya bhlaed. thatched with pole · and rushes, so that it was quite comOn our return to camp, W<' found that the volunteer had com md~i\l1e ns athbeo vreiY uesr., and I> ad encamped on the opposite side, about two .N_'ovcmbcr 26 .-The weather i · sti 11 t·'Xtremc 1 y cold; the ri vcr was ag;un running full of ice, and the water in the camp buck ·ts l1ad Vfr(o•zryt• nw ator mt. he thicknc ·s of line· inc·hes; ·till, the midday sun feels l'l•is morning l got a sparrow-hawk, "Falco parvcriu .. " Today I heard an anecdote that accounts for one of our common sayIngs. It i' related that a whit· man and an Indian w •nt hunting; ancJ aft.erward ·, when they came to divide th, spoil , the white IUan said, "Yon may takf• the buzzard and I will take the turkey, |