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Show Ex. Doc. No. 41. 89 he determined to remain for the day. Mo~t of tltr mule~ belonging to my party have travelled 1 00 mil ·s , almost ccmtinuously. Two or three time· they bar· all npp<·<n<·d on the t' Y<' of dcat"h· hut a m u l c ' . v .t t a ] I. t y s <' c 111 s to H' r up c r a t c, w la· n 1i fc :--a·<' m s to h <' ' ~ 1m o ~ L cxtinc·t, so 1 am in hop<'H the da) s r<•sl willn•\iH• tltc•m sufJiC"i<·nlly to cnah.lc them to ;lllder.tal~e whi~l will I><· tltc most distr<'ss.iJ.g part of the .JOUrney. l• rom lllfortll<~hon <"OII<'C"t<·d from th • lndtilns and others, it appe<1rs that ,,. 'shall nH.·rt with no mor<' gras-, fr om tl1is spot to the seltlemcllts, cstirnalcd :300 111il<'s di stalll. T h i s h as b l' <' n a ~ 1 o o m y d a y j n t It c d r a g o o n <" a m p . 'I' h !' j o r n n d a r o. l t h c m six or t • i g I II ll1 ul e s, and tIt(') s <' ' ' It i <" h h a' <' s 11 n i' l ' d g i v (' little promise Of ful\11'(' snvic·(•. ''he howi(Z('l'.' make !-1(' \t'l'(' d r aug hI s on t h <' m . Y t' s t < • r day, \\ it b i 11 fi "e m i l <' s of the r i v (' r, Lieut ·nant Davidson was oblig<'d to l1it<"h !tis privat<' mull's to tltcm. An order lta bcl'n gi \I'll lo-day to di ~ mount one -h a lf the tommancl an cl r <' s 'r v <' t IH• ani rna Is for pack i 11 g. F r o m a ll a c (' o u 11 t s t h <' n • i s n o d i fl i r ul t y i n f o 11 o w i n g- l h l' r o u tc• o f the r i v <' r [rom <'a m p 87 t o t hi ::) p I a <' e, an d t h e j o u r n <' y i s b ul a t r i () e long('r; L would, thrrcfor<', rct·ommt·nd parties in our rear to get a C o c o M a. r i · o p a g u i d c an d k <'l.' p t h c r i v cr. RcmainH of' an old 7.'guia, and the plains covered with brokrn potl•ry . .About us there arc sign~ of modern Indian t('Il<'lllC'nts,ancl the z ·quia may possibly haY bt•en the work of th<·ir !1ands. We know the Maricopas have ltlOYt•d gradually from the gulf of California to tl1rir present lo<'ation in juxta position with the Pimos. Carson found lht•m, so Ia((• a · the year 1B2G, at th ·mouth of' 'the Oila; and Dr. And ·rson, w110 pas,' ·d from Sonora to California in ] 28, found them, as 11car as we could r<'<'kon from his notes, aboul t h c p 1 a c e w c a r n ow c n e am p 'd i n . T h <' s h c II s f o u n d to -d a y we r c, in my opinion, cvidl.'nt ly bro1tght hy tht• Mari<"opa.' from the s 'a. They difr<•r from tltost' we found among tlt<' ruins. Observed for tirne to-night and ohtain('d the rates of my chronometers; that of cbronorndcr No. 783, J2s. p<•r day, ~oibowing a very sati. factory consistl'n<·y in rate since leaving- th< mountains. November lG.- The vall ·y on the south side continues wide, ancl shows continuously tb<' marks of former cultivation. On the north side th · l1ills run close to the riv •r. Aft ·r making- ten mil·s we came to a dry rrcC"k, coming from a plain reaching far to the south, and thc·n w · mountt·d till' table lands to avoid a bend in the river, made by a low dlain of' ula.ck hi 11 s com in g in from tl1 • south c a st. 'J' h c t a b 1 c 1 an d w as s t r <' w c < l with fragments of blade ba:--alt, intrrspvrscd witlt <lgat<·, chaleedony, vitrified quartz, and carbonate of' lime. About the summit wa~ a mound of granite boulders, blacl <·nc<l by au git(', and covered wtth unknown eharadcrs; the wot k of hum;111 hands. Thes · have U<' '11 copied. On the ground n ' <11' by werf' al"io traces of som • of th • figures :howing som<• of the hieroglyphics, at least, to hav.e b.ccn the work of modern Indians. Others were of undoubted anttqutty, and the signs and symbols intended .doubt! ss, to commcmor~ttc some great event. On<' stonr bore on it what might he taken, Wtlh a little stretr h of the imagination, lo Le a mastadou, a horse, a Jog, |