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Show We traveled south for league a and half, went down a Pi lar which here has a leafy poplar left EI Val Ie del Senor San Jose, it as we now crossed grove, entered a ridge-cut entirely of black lava rock which lies In the roughest between two high sierras by way of a gap. to the little Rio del so our sight, again. We applauded their cleverness in having brought us through a place so wei I suited for carrying out their ruse so surely and easi Iy. This we had already detected, simply from their great eagerness and the Bereft of a guide, manner in which they agreed to guide us. we continued south for a with great hardship on account league part of this cut the two guides vanished from that of so we never saw them rock, went down much Pi lar, and halted by the place San Daniel. its a edge Today second time to the said Rio del and five pleasant poplar leagues south. grove, namin9 EI Val Ie del Senor San Jose which we finished crossing I ies in its northernmost part at 37° 33' latitude, -anc is nearly twelve leagues from north to south, and from east to west more It than three in places, in others two, and in others less. greatly abounds in pasturelands, has large meadows and middling marshes, and very fine land sufficient for a good settlement for dry-farming because, although it has no water for irrigating more than some land by the rivulets of San Jose and EI Pi lar, the great moisture of the terrain can supply this Jack without irrigation being missed; for the moisture throughout the rest of the va I ley is so great that not on Iy meadows and low lands, but even the elevations, now had pastures as green and as fresh as the most ferti Ie of river meadows during the months of June and July. Very close of timber and to its circumference there firewood of sites for raising large and sma I I of San Daniel ends the country of EI of RESEARCH AND and ..• las Salinas directly south to here; and from here Rio Grande it is al I mesa-strewn land, and it shows signs Val Ie de to EI is a great source pinon, and good At this place livestock the Lagunas, which extends from ponderosa pine having many minerals. INTERPRETATION Ted J. Warner and Thomas G. Alexander The route continues down Ash Creek Canyon which is extremely rugged with lava cliffs to the east, past a yucca field (on U.S. Highway 91) and Ash Creek Reservoir thence on to Interstate 15. Southeast of Ash Creek Reservoir, the canyon narrows and the party had to move into the rugged black To the north of Pintura, the canyon widens hi I Is west of the canyon. and it was apparently here that the party descended to the creek. slightly, San Daniel campsite The river of Pi lar is Kanarra Creek, then Ash Creek. is located about 2.4 miles north of the Pintura interchange and three-quarters It is in a clearing on the of a mile north of Snowfield interchange (1-15). This travel was 5 Creek. of Ash west side day's leagues or 13 mi les. -139- |
