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Show Ex. Doc. No. 41. r et»rrn San Fclippe anr1 the A.ngosturao, six miles below' tl>e ,-~ lley of the ri Ycr is very narrow, alford in g no in tc·rva 1 for ~"riculture. On the we. t , ide, the ban\ s ar<' sleep walls, crowncdhby • vams of bn,a\1 forming the table lands. The ca ·t is ·ompo ·erl of ro\lin!( ,anrl hills, rising gnHlually to the ha ·e of the mountains, ~nd covered with large round ~ebb\ ·s. l must except f> om this the poverty-stricken little tow<> of Algodones, whi ·h has some gro'fuhncd orbosucrruv\ :tilti oinn s cufoltri vtahtei odn .· termination of this c:tmp, about on mile below the town of Snn Felippe, were made on my return, (September lOch,) :tnrl will be found und ·r that dale in Appendix No. 5. 'l'lte height indicated by the Uurometcr of this, the fn·st camp on the Rio del Norte, is 5,000 feet above the len I of the seaS. ept ember 4.-13e\ow the Angosturas, the valley of the riv r opens in to a p'lain, varying from l wo to six m i \c in w i rl th, gcn c•rally sufficient_ly low anrl level to admit the water of the riv r to be ·arrir<l over it for the purpo e of irrigation; but I he soi 1 is very s~nd y, ant\ better adapt •tl to I nrl ian corn tl>an wheat. Of this last we •aw but few stubblcs, th' ground being ,chiefly p\antnl with corn . The v egetation is mu ·h the same as ll>at rles criberl after leaving Santa FC, with the arltlition of quit a number of coropo itu·; among which was a species of I inosyris, artemcsia f>lifolia, astNere,w bse 1inco1wad ub~e,g &anc . to arrive which left but little tlonbt that tbe reports which cau er\ our movement r\own tbe river w re exa~geratetl, if not wbolly witboul foundation. P eople },ad passed down the rivrr, as was reJlorl d, but in no gre .. t n umh r ·. A messenger came in from the :tl ·altle of TomC with an olfrc">a\ note, slating· that Armijo had left with hun one hunrlrt•tl mules, p>cs ·erl into service to meet us at the catron, anrl that Armijo har\ also notiftetl him th:tl one hundred more would be l<·l't at the 1'asso del or\e. These belonged to citi'l.cns of N l'W M c·xico, and \uu\ been t aken front the1n without their ·onscnl. it was his pra ·tir.c·, in pr·ace or in war, to sci'l.e the per on or property of any who fell uudrr his rlispl easure. The town of 13 •r>utlli I o is sma 11, but one of the best bu i It in the territory. We wr re here inviter\ to the hot"c of a wcalll>y man, to take omc refll• sh rncnt . We were led in to an oblong room, furnisl> etl lik, that or every Mexican in ·ou1fortablc 'circumstances. A banqtwllc runs aro<ln<l the ro om, l eaving only a ,pace for the couch. It is to v c t·erl w i l h ,. ush ions, ·a rp et s, anrl l' i 11 ows; upon which the vi. itr·r sits or r ·dines . The rlirl 1\oor is ustwlly l'overcrl a third or a half with t·ommon lo oking carpeL Oil the un ·ov •rtd Jlart is the tabl e, freighted with graJ>es, sponge: rake, anr\the wine of the country. 'fhe wal Is arc ln>ng wil h misnable pictures of the sa ints, erose: innumeral>le, ""'\ y,nkec mirrors without number. Th , e last are . '" pe nrlcrl t·n ti rei y out o { r ach; anrl if one wish .s to shave or ar\ju ·t his toilet, he mu><l do ,o without the alll of a mirror, be there e rcr so l11any in the chamber. · W t' passed on to the h ouse of our ho t's wealllty son, where we were in vitecl to tliac. H ere we found another rcfrt•shmenl table; 41 an ll ') p ('~ lnd ccrthc etl, the ant rty the ncl hy 1 a ng as en ta ttl I i 11 . ' '\ |
