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Show 416 Ex. Doc. No. 41. On~ the map which I mrdc, and which is in your bureau, is marl\.ed a 1 oule consid erably to the north of_ G uadaloupc pass, which, some of my guides bdicvcd , would avoltl that broken deseen t, and be f on ud to be near 1 y levc 1 th rou gho u t to San J> eel ro, at the point where I tw nul ofl from that beautiful little river. The wosl sen~iblcancl c perien ·ell of the'<' mcn,Laroux, who liv s in Taos, New :l\lcxico, and who had trapped on the Gila ancl p t~ssccl in a ilif.cn nt direction over tlJat country, was decidedly of this opinion, but his lwowlcdgc, on the other hand, was suH1cicnt to forbicl to explore it, in my situation, on a~eount of sca rcity of water. ' The Hio Grancle bottoms for a hundrr!l mil es above, ancl at the point where I] fl, arc well timbered; there is no limber on the tahle land, save upon tltc small mou11tains which arc vcrywherc to be seen; this is c.:clLH and pin<', but of smal l growth. Rock is C"\Cf)'Vherc 1o he· had, secondary rods of almost every kinrl; but by this wonderfully level rout~.', the continent may be p ~ssccl with ~ra rccl) a vL !.,W of gr.tailc. As far as Tuc ·on the gramma gras is abundant; it will .fatten cattle wbi]c working, antl in winter. The rot1tc from Tucson pa ~scs through a country abounding in exceed ingly ri('h golll mines. [ am, very respectfully, sir, your obcdirnt servant, I>. ST. GEO. COOKE, Mai or 2d Dragoons. To Col. J. J. AnERT, Topog1·aphi,cal Engineer s. R E Po R T o F L r E u T. .r. \V. A B E R T, OF rrr~ EXAMINATION ()F NEW MEXICO ' IN THE YE.\..RS l'H6-' l7. 27 • |
