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Show 608 Ex. Doc. No. 41 .• the road was rough; passed through a canon; the canon was wide, but we han to cl::Jmber along the t!dge of the hills; in many places, t h e r o a d w fl s in s c c u r t) , fro m i t s being a 1 on g <1 e c I i v i t y . A fl e r 1 c a vin( T this canon, we found ourselves in a bottom which lay to the w~st, and which provrd to b c the . de 1ta bet ween the Gil a 'and Colorado; we marched about 1wenty-one mil('s, and found ourselvt's ncnl' the junction of those rivers. We here discovered the greatest abundance of recent signs of horses, an<l began to t b 1 n k i n t r u t h t h t G en c r a 1 C a t r o m a y l1 ave r e t u r n e d from Sonora with a large mounted for ce , to regain posses~ion of California. The signs proved to be VC'ry fresh, and indicated that to whom tht•y belonged th C' )' were not more than half a clay off. The speculations of course were variouR, and all the knowledge of signstld] ying put in practice. Carson went down the river and <1iscovered fresh s1gns of fires of half a dozen messes, with no military regularity, and a trail coming from the crossing, half a mile wicle, indtcating a great number of loose animals. No trail cou1c.l be discovered leading away from this place; the signs of very few men could be seen, a woman's track was found, a dead colt, colt tracks, and finally, straggling mC'n were seen. Fires were dis covered in the bottom up the Gila, and Lieutenant Emory went with 20 men to rec onnoitre thfm, and found the camp of a party of Spaniards from California, with 400 or 500 animals, going to Sonora; he brought some of th em to camp, and, as usua l, they lied so ID.llCh that we could get very littlC' out of them. One of them told us, in confidenc e, ~hat we would find 800 men in arms at the Pueb lo opposeu to the Am( 1 icans, ancl that a party was at San Diego friendly to the United States of 200, and that three ships of war, he heard, were at Slln Diego, and advised us to be on our guard as we advanced. One of the others said the Mexicans were quiet at the Pueulo, and that th? A.mericaus had quiet pos ession of all the eountry. Th~y were d1smlssecl for the n1ght; and the general determined not to lose so good a chance to ge t fresh animals. Camp on dry Erass, in the sand hills. !fovember .23-. Monday .-The Mexican: came to camp on poor a~ unals, and saal they ha rl no very good ones; they evid en tl y are <ltsposed to be shy and uncommunicative; one of them, who re ported in confid(•ncc about the 800 men at Angelos, 1ellt:~ us that they hafl k1llccl several Americans at the Pueblo. They s~y the Jornada is 60 milts without water; that they were lost upon it, and Mountains-Mouth of Gila nnd Colorado. fc1untl water half way by accid ent. One of them was caught by LiPutenant Emory with a bundle of letters, some of which were to General Castro; one giving an account of the rising of the .Mexican~, and placing one Flores at their head, at the Pueblo de lo::, Angelos; another letter, to a different person, was to the effect Ex. Doc. No. 41. 609 ~ t hflt 80 1\Texicflns (cavalry) hacl d1" .1 400 A . ra~·irH'S (corLean?) bf'tween thP• Put· bl·~Ctancl Sr~ .nrrJrans ::tt the rdlnven them back, and lnld C<t}>tnrccl" c~ nllPrlclro, and h ad 1 f ] b . ·~ n n J1 on ca t'( the 1'n• 1C clt<:>rs eing opf'nPrl were rc 1 l . , azrr . returned to the man "ho 'wa<l ,·. ,\' Cfl crl l>y Capt. TurnC'r, flncl all . ' . < t. t.:l arcrc< The e f< II< ~ t 11 • ous ston~, f.. about thP. O"'n, l. f r· .. h . >ws c v.tn- 1 . n crsnp o t e hor·e"' · 11 II I edge that a part of thf.lm belong to GenPral c~ 1CJ (I T ac ..:now-camped one llli 1c and a half south f th . astra. '-' e arc t'nC o I or ad o ; t h t' ~ e l w o r'i v e r .'o i n t o e J ll n c t 10 n of t h e G i h an rl hill, through which they ha;c ,> ·ool ~rthcr and runl through a stone b lt 1 - j . . ~I {tO a ras.agr a thoucrh th , o o m an c s on f' ' t !J e r s i d e o f t b e h i ll b -, '. ' o t' r e a r e ~av , flowed; the place is trmarkable an d by rhtc l .theJ.H1ay or,ce I m p ·~ r tan t r i v e r s b o 1 h o r w h i c I a . 1 , em e t h e J u n c t 10 n o f t w o this .roint bciug' also a I~o int in \~~or~nct:rt~~n dr;,ree navigab~~' f o r n 1 a' m a y on e d 'l )' fi ' 1 a I a . h r o m '' o n o r a to C a ' ! Colorado di r.(. ppe; C) f~om brc~~ ~~a~e _w / l c world's hi story. The sec of its cotton-wood is in th \as )Oltom; the lflst we c?..n low range of mountai ns ~vhethcre souththw~stl, beyond whi ch lit'S a I · b ' on e r1g 1t or left L k · P.aw, p ro ahly on the rig ht ban k T ·r b f1n 'IS not hdls m thick boots one is c .· lothlng a out through thC' sand foot in this countr~ a moc;,·n~wce<. it at 1? perform a journey on fa1• preferable to the' boot. ·~'\:~' Wlt~·a· thtck but ela.stic . ole, is enough to take the .T orn<,da Poor cc,~ ltJOn of our anJu.a1s is sad from the United Stat, will.] th ~nlbmals, that have come wi th us tl f ' ~ ay e1r ones on the 1 . t 1 e e w h or: e s we b r 0 w.,· h t t 11 . I h c e s P r ; ~om e of f· o . r o u g a r e n o t a b ] e to cr • • rna. at, and we ll rrst<'d in New _l\llexic e,O ou, an an i- It IS ner,e~sary in this country f I o, rould have come through. a day into the feet of sho I . •. o lo ose ston~s to look at least once l .J c .uu.ma s othcrw1 ·e h ameu by a lo ose stone getting iu ;he shoe s you may a\'e t hem Novemb er 24.-Completed our t . 1" .. tain Moore's men bein in art remraf Ing wtth ~he Mexicans; Cap-n e v r ro an s i-\ l' t h e y g -~t o f pc o o u n t c d o n w d d h o r s e s' o u w h i c h t h e f u r i o us a n i 1 tl a 1 s u ~ t i I t h r; r s c m a nt .~ u mb l e s' b u t t h e y s t u c k to "Wily those fellow s can ride a:~c~~~e~ e<. . . ne old Mexi can said, they are not a bit afrrud '" W t if s ~s, Jf they had good horses· ed about ten milr3 to th~ riY ego o a out JO o'clock, anrl march~ willows being about JO fee l e~i ,~;d eucan.lped o? the sand bar, the grass mixed with theiJ· root'-' · tl g . and. I hi ck, Wtlh a good df'al of · d ,, I e r ' v f' r 1 s IW r h a h · 1 w 1 e ' an d abo u l f 0 u r f f'C' t o t'· t • . h p s o n e t I rc o f il m i I e th t f . wa er In t e cbann ·1· "t I . . a o the Arkan~as at Fo ·t S . < ~:: ·' 1 s co or Is ltke its banks are lowe.st. tl bl km'\?' and resembles that river where a b o v e the w at e r n o \~ l o \ev a TTl l s ob t h e Co l o r a d o ~ r e a b o u t six f e e t t en mi· 1~ s w.u le ann mu ch · f th1e I ottoI m ' on the l·l ver h ere I· s about a I I now o v erg r'o w n ' . t h . lo c . an c co u 1 d bear c u I t iva t ion . it is mesq uite, Frcmo utin v~c a ;~st. Impenetrable thickets of wtliows, as we could not ho 'c t . ~hdul not.dare to let our animals loose the hor ·e drovers, c~}(l 7o~~~i f ~'.m ag.atn. W? followed the trail of of which we scruref' · l) t tl o .rhanlmals wbtch they had lof:t, two can arn.e ros caul l l.a,s ·o u tl Je ot l•rs g. ot off b f N t' ore Ollr ew l\1t>x i-noose a, tile CaliforJlt· .~ 1 lCT'mh, they not being so <•xpert wit:t the d ragoon about. the othrl l S. . 1e m'· He \'' .e t oo k soon was carrying a 39 ' er' a co t, we design for food ' as we are now |