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Show Ex. Doc. No. 1l. 59 was the principal operator in these mine~, ancl i~ saicl to hnvc amn~s <Inn imrn<.'ns fortune. On his Jirsl arri\·al in the couJitr) he wa · suspcded to be nn ngent of the lJnitc·d Statt·~, and tltrown into pri~.;on in Sonora, wll(~rl' h' was k<'p~ in ir~ns for elc\'('11 years. Jl e j s sa i d to h a v s l a l e d t !1 a t t h < g 1 l d i o 11 n d 1 n tlH• o r • o f t h c ~ ' min •s paid all the exprnses of mining-, and the transportation of the o:-c to the city of Mext<'o, wh ·r<' it was r ·duced. We were disappointed in not meeting the Ap<lchcs y<.•stcrtl;1y antl t o -d a y . T h i s a ft. ' rn o o n t h n• c m e n <' :1 m c i n d r t' s s e d v n y m 11 rl 1 I i k c the Mcxieans, mounted Oil hor~c ·. Th<'y ht·ld n talk, bnt r do not know the purport. This afternoon I round the famous lll! 'Z('al, (au agave,) about lhrr feet in diameter, .broad lcavc.s, a.rmc·d with teeth like a shark; tht• l caYcfl arr<1nged 111 <·onc£·ntrir <·trrlc·s, and t e r min ali n g in l he mid d I c of l he p I il n t i n · a p n f c d con c. 0 f t hi the Apa ·h •s make molasses, and cook it with hor ·e meal. \Vc also found to-clay the dasylirion gr;uninifolium, n plant with n long, narrow leaf, with sharp teeth on tht' marg·in, with a stalk righteen f• ·t hi gh . Ae('ording to Doctor Torrey, it has lat<'ly been "d e ~ rib c d by Z u e car in i," ·w l10 , a y s "fo u r s p c c: i s of t !J is g t: nus are now known, all of them Mexican or Tex;1n." 'l'h I 'vat ion of thi: ·amp was G,1G7 feet. Octob er 19.-1 tried last ni ght to get obs •rYations for L1tituclc·, &c.; but the early part wa. <· loudy, and we fell a::;lcep and did not ·wake till broad daylight. Jn llH: afternoon tltrrc was a tllund ·rslorm to the ·wr~t, whirh swrpl around toward· thr north, wlt(·re it thund 'red and lightt'ncd till 11early Do clo<'k. The <'Ottntry passccl OV'r in th fir t part of to-day wa;.; beautiful in th' extreme; a s u c res · i o n o f h i g h, roll i n g h i II s, w i t h m o 1111 t a in s i n t h c• d i ~ t a n c c• . The soil ri ·L, and waving wi(h grama . 'J'hc latter part was more barr n, and covered witll artt•misias. 'l'he sprillg of 'nn LuC'ia, J:3~ mil<'s from tlJ' C'Opprr mines, VC'ry largr and impregnated ·with suljlhur, is in a beautiful vnll<'y, surrounded, at thr distanc of·tcn or fiftc<'n mile!", with biglt mountains. This was th • pla ·c t1ppointed for meding th' Ap<u·l1es, at lJ, a.m.; but arriving al J2, and not finding them a. we expected, and the gras: all CCl(('ll tlp, we mov<·d on to Nin·bt creek, mal..in<r :30 'l w (") h mt c~. c halt ·d tltnig-ht on unknown ground, by th • sidt' or a neck, so m t r y t h a l the m u lc. , , om , o f w h i c h h ad no l cl r un k s i n t · <' 111 o r n - ing, rd'uscd to approach it. lt was dnrk; 1r1an; of the nH·n mistool th<' trail and got on th(• wrong' ide or tlH' lrcnl'lll'J'OUS (')'('(.'!\. Th \ mul• b<:'gun to bray for water, and tht• m(·n to call out for tl1eir I~e ~. males; all wert in conf'u~ion. .1\l.Y thoun·hts of lnsl night (':tllle YlVHlly to my mind, ns I 11 ·ard the VOL('C or my ('hrononll'tl'l' man on th ' oth<·r sid<', asking to be shown tht• way <lcrol's. J sent him word to r etrace bis stt•ps two or three miles. The asscJllbly call was sounded, whi('h seemed to sc·ttle all thing~; an cl , Cl s far (! s t h ' C' I o u d s w o ul d a II o w UH' , L o IJ t a i n c· d o b: c n· a t i o 11 s . This i · only th<' second timt> inc.;e lt'<lYin<r the JOOth dctrn•e of . t) "' l?ngttud<' th:1t l have b •c•n i nt enupt ·d by douds in my ol>st·n·a-tLOns. Nothing ha been heretofore more rtll'e than to sec tlJc l1 ·aven~; ovcrc.;asl. |
