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Show 98 Ex. ])oc. No. 41. ... W c trave 1C <1 over a "'"'a ndy ])h' in a fL' \ mile~., Ia nI d d<. ·sIc ·t•ndt•cl i.n to tlH· wI' d 'r b c (I 0 {' t I} ( . /~'1 () I () l. .• l d 0 ' () vt. r rII- r. ( ) \V II I Itt i ( )' w I l I . I m t' h q Ill t ('' wd. low an< I co tt on w <)Od·' ·' d'tn m ;1 k 111 ~ <.!> out 1I t' rt . lIll t <·s , \\'t• <'.n1- I' < b . ,, t f t h (.' f'o r d ()II :t p ltd t • fl \l (' Cl \ ' t ' 1'1 < \\' I t I Y 0 11 ll ~ W I - cam1>e< a ttcl~ 0 · (I' I t I t 1o ' w s o f ' 1I t· t ·1 l o u r hor ,s e-; w<·n· to l <~y 111 a . 'u· tt'tl' ttt ~uI pp y{ ' o aI ~ tlu. m· ' o v t' r t lI e <1 t • s· <' t· t • Still'<' writing· till· auCIV<'., I \\' .t ' , It avt· . cnt.n < .. a. good pat c1I o {. gr...t.s , ·•t nd our JH'O.I )It·l!av· bt·rn Otlt' t(c to t:ut.ltcl-tion for ('<lC'h mule to C<\l:ry along. rl'l 1 <' n 1· g 1I L ,,, ·••• .s eX"'"' t••s s• 1vely rold and d;~mp, and' 111 I tht•r morn. ing o u r 1J1 ,• \• •t<> 'Vl' l' • CO \'Crecl with{\ lit til' dt•W. fi Or t I(' III'S t ttllH', 1 11 \. c '""" • I I . t l th, l> ug I< .' <.. , , 11 s. we· rc di .s t in c, tly r<.·verbt·r;llt c, s 10\\'JIIg' lIt ' ;rtm. oIs - · 1 . w •'li>IHO'tl'h tire roast t~rrd dt·Srt·nd tnto 1 tt'lletg 1- tbcrt<' c tang<' cl~ t , ' ' I I t 1 f' ll , <· <' ., I •. v t ·I In N <' w M l ' x 1 r o , t · v <' 11 v.: I H • 11 s ul' r o u n c c• < ornooc o I '"' " " · · , . . . . 1 1 , 1 hi I I . and p {'I' p (' n d i t' u let r w a II s' t "I' r (. p ()I l () f . {I r ( tll m "' ell I( r ~ t c y l f tl bugle were unattt·rrdt•d by arry dt~ltll ('t t·t' ho. 1 he sou tHt 0 c•r1repor s w . c~ ll'•t l"l)' and llltl>lt.•as;utl, n ot tOUtHied, as ben·, by tlte rev<'rberatton. . · 200 Th , t'OUntry, from the Arkans(ls to rhts potnt, mon· tlr an 1, miles, in its adaptation to a~·trnlrurl·, IHr s p« ·c · ttl~arttrc·:-: ": ht ('h must f Ori'V('r s,' t'(l mll its' t·lf IIJlOil tlte poptMtl iltto n w(lr~1I 11' I1 tnI lrabttss tl. A II oIf North Mexico, embracing Nc•w t·x.rco, 11 1ua "'"' • ouora, ant th, Californias, as far north as .till' S,tc·rrtlllt·nto, art·, 11:-: far. as th' br,t informalion go<'-, the·. ~a rn.c 111 tl~t· plry:-t, ·al drarart('r of Lis s ur-fan and ddfer but littlt• ttl <.: lttllflt<· or P'.od urt s. . }1: no part of this va . ltract <·ar~ tltt· tCitll~ from Ilt•;.n·,< 1 :n lH' n·I 1 H·.<l upon , to ·"· ny <'X lt'llt ' for th<• ('lrllt\'<llton ·o f tiH· ~otl. · II<' lI '<Jtt 1 t • destitute of trt•f's,and in ~real pi1rl ~~l.so of <rt.l) vt·gt tat .ton "ltt11'\n. A f'<•w f •hie : tr("ams flow 111 ddlt•Jt•nl cltn·t ·1totr s i rcm tlr<·,~rt'at mountatns, whi ch in many p~ai'<'S lrtl\' t· t~t· thts '<'!-!.lOti .. J h<'. ' stn·ams arc sq><ll'atrcl, omt·1ttrlt' ~ h) pLnrt:-, :11rcl ~Pnu • tttr t <·s by mountains, without water and "_'Vtllrout \'t'!.!-t·.tatt o r•, ~lit~! lllflY h I calh·d d<·scrts, ~o far ~s they pedotm nrry usd td p<ll"~ 111 tltl' sustcn a n c c o f an 11n a. I I i f <' • The cultivation of the c.•nrth is thnt·forc c· otdit~t·d to thosv narr ow s t r i p s o f 1 an d w h i c h a 1 <' . w i t h 1 n t lr e I t · \ ' c I . o I 11 a · w a t < • r ~ o f t It e str~~uns, and wh~rl'vn practtH·d 111 a .ronJtllttt~tty . wtth iltJy l'otll'c·c·ss, or [cf any extent, lllVOIVt'S a dt>g rt' l' of subordttlfl11Clll' Cl lld absolute obrdirll('{' to a thi ·f, r<•pugnant to tilt' habi ts or 0111 pt opl«·. The <'hi<·f who dir1•cts tht trm<· aud thl' qu a n111y of th<· pr<•ct ous i r rig at in g w ate r m u , t b t' i I.ll p ltn t I y o b t • .\ <1 t1 h) t It t · ~· h o I v co tlllll unity. A departur I from llt<.; ordt·rs, h) tltt' "'a :- tt· of "' ater, or un ju!- t distribution of it, ornc•glt•tl to ural<<· tlt1· ptopn 1 tllb ir llknu · ttl~, m;.1y endanger the mt:ans of sub~istt nt·t• or lll <llry lH'Opl<• . II~· IIIIISt thn<'fore be armed wtth powt'r to putr ts lr promptly and tlllnH·dt<ltl'ly. Tlw profits of labor arc too inad\·qu <ttP lor tl rt• t·xrstt ru·t· of t11•gro s1avcry. la.v<·ry, as prattised by tht· Mt·xi cans, ut~dl'l' tht· fonn of prona~r, which_ e11ablcs. ~~~ ·ir. m.r~lt>r to gl'l the. !-• rvi.l'<'s o.r tht· ~ldu.lt whill lll th ' prtme of Ide·, \Vttlrout tht• obl •guttOII or l't:\11111-{ }IJJJl Ill infan<'y, . upporting him in old age·, or lll ilt Jtt ;rining !tis family, ;.Iffords no data fore ·ttmating the· profits of ~lave Jahor, Hs it exists in the United States. Ex. Doc. No. 41. No one who h;'ls ever visit(•d this country, and who is nrquaintf'd with the character and valtt<' of slavt• labfl r in the United .States would ever think of bringing his own slav<'s h('re with any vi 1 ·w t~ profit, muC'h less. would lt' pur('ha:-;e .~dav <•s for Slll'h a purpose•. Their labor here, If tlt<'y could he n ·t;un<·d as slav<'s <1mong pt ·ons nearly of thrir own ·olor? :would never rq>ay th ' co ·t of transport~ n.tion much Jess th add ttiOn a l purcltac:: ' motH'Y · I 1~ ad e many in q u i r i l' s as to t b e h a r a<: I n o f t h t' vast r <' g ion of c o u n t r y m b r <H.: t' d i n t h c I r i a n g I e, f o r rn <' d h y I It c• C o I o r a d o o I' t h c• west, the Del Norte·, an cl th e Gila; and th ·information <·o l lt·tt 1 ·d will, at some fu'ure tim<', b I thrown into nott·s f'or th e bent·fit of future explor •rs, but arc not given in this work, as 1 profl'. s to write only of what I . n.w. li~rom all that T 1e<lrn, the country docs not cliffc·r, matcri f'llly, in it· physi cal character from N<'w Mexico, exr·ept, JH•rhap s, ht>ing l<'ss <lcnudecl of oil and vegetation. The sotH<'<•s of the 'alina s, th an FrancisC'o, A.:r.ul, • an Carlos, and Pri<·rt<·, tributari es of the Gila, talc th<•ir ris ·in it. About th eir h ead watPrs, and O('rasiona1ly along their cou r st~s, are J>r csente d" ·ectiom; of land capable of irrigation. TIt e w h o 1 e x ten t , c x r. e p t on t h c m n r g i n o f s t r r n m ~, is sa i cl to })(• drstitutc of forest trc<•s. 'l'h I Aparhrs, a very numc~rous race, :-tnd t1te Navajoe ·, ar · tit' ehi<'f O<'(·upant!', but tlt<·r<' arc tW!ny minor ban d s, w h o , u n I i I c t h ' A p a c h <' s an d N ;n il.J o e 1:', a r c n o t n o m a d i c, but hav fixed habitation s. Among. t liJ,. most rf'm;~rkab/p of th<•sc :nc the cones, most of whom arl' 1-micl to be Albinos. TJJc 1att<·r cultivate thr ~ oil, an<l live in pc•acc with th~tr more numerous an<l savage n ·ighbors. Departing from the ford of th olorado in the dir ction of So-nora, there is a fearful clc~s<•rt tn •nc:ou nu~r. Alta, a .'mall town with a Mexicnn garri:-on, i. the near<'st srttl<·m<·nt. ' All a ·counts concur in n·pr 'SPnting tht· joumpy a~ one of c·xtrcr~ c .hards~1ip, and rv n pnil. Th ·distan ce· is not <·xac·!ly kn own, hut 1t IS .Yanously r<'JHcsc nt<·d at from Jour .to sev<·n day's jouru ·y. Person. · ound for, onora from California, who do not mind a <'ire u i to u. r o u t e , s h o ul d a s <' c n d t h c G i I a as· fa r ;) s t h <' P i m o s v i I h1 g t• and thence JH'netralc the provin · · by way of Tu nwon. ' Nove-mber 25.-At the ford, the olorado is 1,500 f<•el wid<', and ~ows at th rate of a mile and a half p<'r hour. Jts gr<'atest depth m the channel, at the fo rd where W<' c·ros~c·d, i. fntH feel. 'j he b~nk~ are low, ~ol mor titan four fc· thig-h, and, judging from indtcahons, sc mctcnH·s, though not fr<•quc·ntly, ovc•c flowed. Its g•·ncr. a] :~ppcar~ncc at tbis point is rnul'h like· that of the Arkan 'tls, wt;h tts .turb~d waters and Iuany shifting sand isla nds. ~ h c ford 1. • en t c red a t t h c I ow c r t· x t r <'Ill i t y of t h <' p I at p :1 u u p on ~ln<'h we e~campcd, and lead· down tht> riv<·r, crossiug tlu<·c~ sa11d H;~and , wl11<'h we skct ·heel, but as thc•y ar · C'onsrantly . hift ng, ~Ill perhaps afford no guid to thf' travt•ll<'r, and may <'ven lc•ad h un Ill t o c r r o r . T h e y a r c t h <' r ( o r e n o t f u r n i .s It c d . T h <' for cl i s narrow and circuitous, and a few fc t to tit right or left sets a hor"e afloat. This happened to my own Lorsc. |