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Show GO Ex. Doc. No. 41. An Aparhc has just ronH' in, and snys.the pco~le who ag rre<l to meet us aL the spring yesterday arc comLng on w1Lh some mules to trade. Three mil es from. the camp ·of la t night we ha<l reached the "dividl' 'and from th at point the desecnl wns regular and continuou'i to Ni,YhL neek. The ravincg on eiLhersidc of the "divide" arc covcrc1l ,;ith fragments of blue limestone an<l rich specimens of the IUC)!YJlclie oxides or iron. O c l o b c/~20 .-My curio sity was CX('tlclllo see hy <~ay1ight how1~y ramp was di sposed and w hal sort of place we W<'re. 111. ll was q utle certain the broad, lcY el vali<'Y we had been lravcltnp; the \a~t . few iiles w,ls narrowing rapidly, by the intru ·ion of lugh pr.cc1p1ces; and the proximity of great mountains in ('Onfuscd rnas 'CS llldtcatcd sotne r •markab lc ·hanp;c in the fa ce of the ('Ounlry. \Ve were , in truth, but a few miles from the Gila, which 1 was no less des irous of sct'in~ than the Del Norte. The general sent word to the Apaclics he wonld not start till 9 or 10. This gave them time to come in, headed hy their chief, Hc<l lecve. They swore ctcrna1 friE'ndship to the whites, and cv rlasting halrPd to tlte .Mexicans. The ]ndians said that one, two or three white men might now p:1.ss in s,tfcty through their country; that if they were hungry, they wou1d feed them; or, if on foot, mount them. The roa<l was op 'll to lh Am rican now antl forever. Carson, with a twinkle of his keen hazel eye, ol>scrvetl1.o me, "l would Hot trust one of them." The' whole camp was now busily engage<l in attempting to trade. The Indians hiulmulcs, ropes, whip. and mc7.ral. We wi hed to get a refit in all save lhc mc7.rn.1, offering to give in c -change red shirts, blanket , knives, needlC's, thread, handkerehicfs, & ·.,&c.; but these people had such extravagant notions of our w 'ct1th, it was impossible to make any pro grc s. At length the call of "boots and sn.ddl s" souuded. The order, C]niekness atHLqnicludc of our movements seemed to impress them. One of the C'hicfs, after eyelng the general wiLh great apparent admiration, broke out in a v 'hcmenl manner: "You haYe taken New Mexico , and will soon take California; go, then, and tak e Ch ihnahua, Durango and Sonora.. We w i 11 help you. You fl ghL for land; we l;are nothing for land; we fi ght for the laws of l\lontc:~,uma an<l for fo od. Th • M 'xieans are rascals; we hate and will kill them all." There burst out the smothcre1l fire of three h un<lt·ed y cars ! Finding we wcr c more ind iff eren l than th ey . up11osed to trade, and that the column was in motion, they l>e ·am c at on ec cag r for lra ffic. They had seen . some trumpery about my camp whid1 pleased them, ancl many of them collPdcd there. My packs w re made. One of my gentlest mules at lhal moment took trirrht an<l wenL off 1'1 . h ' 1 ce a rorkct on tbe hack trail, !'catterinrr to the right and ]eft all who o p pose <l him . A 1a r <r c , ~·1 c rr an l ] c~o k i n g w oman moun l e cl a straddl?, more valiant th~n the ~est, facccl the brule 'and charged upon }um at full ~pe d. This turn d his course back to the camp; and ! reward d h<>r ?Y half. a dozen bi cuit, an1l through h r inlerven l10n, succeeded 1n tratli n g two broken clown mules for two |