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Show :::.... Ex. Doc. No. 41. 73 with grrat agitation. 'l'hc talk -vv:1 :-; long and tc<lious. I <'Xhansle1l <·very aq.;ument to inducC' llitn to ·omt• into <:amp. llis principal fear :-;ccm d to be tl1e howit zers, whirh r rall<·d at OIH't' to Jl)y mind th• story [ 11<111 h•ard ol' th{' tnii.!'Hn<' by Johnson. Atla~t a bol<l y o un p; f !.' II o w t i r <' d of t h e p a r'l <' y l h r c w d o w 11 h i :-; r i tlt · , :t n d w it h :t ::~lcp tha t Forr<'st in Mctau1ora !1\ight have {'tlYicd, strode oil' towards ramp, piloted by Carson . 'We w<•rc ahnul to f'ollow when tlH· dtief infortn(·,t us it would he mor<' agrct·able to hillt if \VC rc-maiued until bis warrinr rdurnl'd. The i<'e was now br<J1·t· n, mosL of them s t•vinr.; th<ll \ht·ir <·omratl' <'n'·oun\('r<'d no d <l l1 ~l·r, fn\low <'d Oil<' by one. 'I'IH'Y said th(·y belonged to tJ, · \rib<· of Pilton Lauos· that "tbl'y wen' simplv in }H·ad, but lru<.' or heart.'' Pn·srnts \V{'l' \ di stributt·d; they promistd a g uid e to pilot us over thv mountain, fi,c tnilt·s di st:1nt, to a spring with plenty of ~ ood gras:, whne lh t•y en g<tg<•<l to II e t U 5 llC'Xl day '' ith 100 mui<'S . The m('znd flourish<·s ltn<'; nnd C:lt inl<'n als or a haH a mile or ROwe fllund scvt>r<tl <Hlifil'ial nalers, into whil'h til<•. Indians thrO\Y t hi!:i l'rnit, '"'·ith hcatt·d stones, to remove th L: sharp thorns ;nut n•- du<'l' itlo its sarr barinc sta\('. 0 b s e I' \' c d L I s t ll i g h t r () r l a l i lu d (' n n ( 1 t i tn (' ' a n d 0 \l r p () s i l i 0 n is i n latitude ;~:3 ) ] 1' 51", lon gitude JJO~ .tf)' OG". Ollr ratnp was onlhr the head of;\ ervek which, n.l'tPr running in a faint slrl'am one hund r('d yards, disapJ><'iHl'd b( low lh \ s urfal'e or the earth. On its margin gr,t•w a spt•ries of' ash unl nown in the lJnitcd Stales, aud the Calif'or11ia plan· tr C(', wl1i('h is also dislinrl in sp<'c i<'.' from our sy('nmorc . . Nuvemhrr :3.-0ur rxpccl<ttions w rc again di~appoinle<l th<' Jn - dialls ('i\1\H', but only scvt•n mules wcrl' the r<•sult of the day: labor, n o t a t enth o i' t h t' n um h ('!' a b: o lu t r I y n' <1 u in· d . Our visiter~ to-lby presented th · sall\e motky group w' hflvc n1wit)S found thl' Ap<'l.('h<'s. Amotq.;s t tb <'tn was a !ll tddl(' a~ed womall, whose garrulity and interft:n·ncr dl evny tradl· was tlw nn n 0 y (\ ll (.' (.' () f M a .i 0 r :--; \\' 0 r d s ' w h 0 h a d l' h a r g (. 0 r t h ' t r i.U l i 11 g ' b ut t h ' alllllSI'll\<.'nl of tht' by-standns. She h <HI on a gau;. · lilc' dr es~, trimm '<1 with th<' ri chest atu1 most costly lhu o.;s~.:ls Ltce, pill.t~<· d no doubt from. some fandan<ro-going hellt• ol' Sonora; sh · ~tnuldled a fin· ~rey h orst·, and wh(•J•<'Y<'r her blankl't dropped from her sho uld<'rs, her taw ny form roultl be s '('ll throu~h the transpart•nl gauze. After , ll<' h ad so ld her mule, she was anxious to ~e ll her hon~e, and enrecn·d abouL to show his quali ties. At Olle timr ~he charg<•d at full speed up a . l '<'P hill. In this, tht' fastenings of her dress broke, an<llH•r bare ln1.rlc was c ' pos ·d to the erowd, who IIO gctllanl\y fill~Cll a shoul o(' laughter. .Nothinp; daunt ·cl, ::;he whcelc<1 short roun tl with surprising dext rity, an<L SC(~ing lh mischief' done, roolly rdippr<l the dress from her armR and luck ed it hclwc'('n her sc<tl and the saddl ' · ln thi slat' of nudity she ro1le through camp, from fire to fire, until, at last, attaining the obj e~ of h r ambition, a f'oltlier's red Hann '1 shirt, she made her adieu in that new ·ostum '· A boy about 12 yean; of age, of uncommon beauty, was among 75 he l cr taby d, ryras of ta, <' r; on th . cr- Hl- •rs nl ; of ny he at d. x c, ry a- ·y ot ·y :d t-g y r f |
