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Show JOURNAL OF A VOY.\GE garcs for captain Barela, who \Vas a Mcxica~1 by bir.th, born ne,,r the capital, and entered as a cadet at Gua)l.cqUJ!Io ncar twenty years pa~t, and by his extraordina? me:its (being a Crcolia n) had been promot~tl to. a captalll, w~1ch was even by himself con~id cn•d a~ h1s nlt1mate prom.ouon. l-Ie wns a gent Ieman in his manners-generous and frank; and I believe a good soldier. . Sd Nlay, Sunday.-At Guaxequillo the capt£Uil gave up his command to Malgares. At night the officers gave a ball, at which appeared at lea t sixty women, ten or a dozen of whom were very handsome. 4tb May,Monday.-Don Ilymen Guloo arrived from Chihuahua, accompanied by a citizen and the fnar, who had !wen an\ .. 'Sted by order of the commandant general, aud was on his way to rvlrxico for trial. .5tb May, T11csday.-The party marched with all the spare horses and baggage. fit b May, vrednculay.-Marched at five o,clo~k; ascended the river four miles, when we left it to our nght and took. ofr south 60°, cast eight miles. Our friend l\Ialgarcs accompauied us a few miles, to whom we bad an ternal adi ' U, if war docs not bring us together in the fteld of battle oppos~d as tlw most deadly enemies, when our hearts acknowledge the greate. t friendship ..... I lalt d at t"n o' dock and marched ao-ain at four. No ~ ' 0 water on thl.! road; det,tched a Spani 'h soldier in search of some, who did not join us until '1 2 o'clock at night. Encamped in the open prairie; no wood or water except what the soldiL·r brought us in gourds. The mules came up at ekven o' 'lock at night. Htst.mcc .'JO miles. 7th Jvlay, T!Jursday.-1\IIarclwd very early, wind fresh from the south. '1 'he punct uaJit y of captain Harclo as to hours was rl'markable. .Arrived at half past nine o'clock at a spring, the first wakr from G u·vcquillo. The mule~ TIIROUGll 'filE JNTEHIOH PROVINCES, &c. ~3 L did not unload, but continued on 9 miles to another spring at the foot of a mountain-good pasturage round itmountains on each side all (Lty. J)istance 28 mile·. 8tb, May, Friday.-Marchcd at fiv' miles due west, through a gap in the mountain, then turned S. 20° E. and more south to a river about twenty feet wide-high steep banks; now dry e,·c •pt in hoi· s, but sometimes full and impassible. llaltcd at seven o'clock and sent on the loaded mules. Marched at five o'clock, came 10 miles anJ encamped without water. J)istance 1 s miles. 9th May, Saturday.-Marchcd betw 'en four and five o'clock and arrived at Pclia at eight. This is only a sta .. tion for a few soldiers, but is surrounded by mines. At this pla:c are two brg,c warm springs, strongly impregnated With sulphur, an l this is the water obliged to be used by the party who arc stationed there. J It>re we remained all day. Captain Barclo had two beeves killed for his and my men and charged nothing to cith 'r. 1 Iere he r~ceivcd orders from the general to lead us through the Wild~rncss to Montdovcz, in order that we should not approximate to the frontiers of MeJ· ico, which we should have done by the usual route of Pattos, Paras, &c. lOtb May, Sunday.-Marched past one copper mine now diligc·ntly worked. At this place the proprietor had 100,000 sheep, cattle, horses, &c. .1\rriveJ at the Ca~ dena, a lwusl! built and occupied by a pric~t. It is situated on a small stream at the pas of the mountains called by the Spaniards the l)oor of the Prison from its b . ' emg surrounded with mountains. The proprietor was at Sumbrarctto, distant six days march. This haciEnda was obliged to furnish accommodations to aU travellers. M~rchcd at five o'clock and pass ·d the chain of mountat~ls due ca ' t 12 miles, and encamped ~ ithout wa. ter. Distance 3 1 miles. |