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Show 440 Ex. Doc. No 41. Scptrmbcr 18.-Lnst night we wrrc much annoyed by the loud snorting of <HlP of the mulls that bad ht•t•n fast('nt•t! nf'a1· some brusb; IH: awol\e us all, and we W(.'l'(' ouli~ed to Itt him loose" thert·.wer't' citlu:r wnlvi'R or ht'arH prowling arouud ( ur camp. 'l'hi~ m o I'll! II g t h" m ul <' w <1 s not to b 1· fn un d; w c ll ad a Ion g b uut nl t n him. at l<•ngth Ptlka found hirn thrt>e or four miles ofT' in ctnarrowgorg/ It was now ~o L1tc tlt.tt were ohlig ·d to give up all idea of' marching. ~:-loon Lit·utt•tumt Simpsou:s wagons arrived, and in tht· evening the ox teams of Mr. St. Vrain; the trading wagons ha.vc sustained annth<•r upsd. Jn th~ neighborhood of the l'<ttnp I t:ollcet<'d SC\'('rid spl'cies of compostta.<'t•ous .flowers; also a c:.p<·ri.<·~ of hull rush, (juncus tenuis,) and a \iHH·ty of tlw yucca a.nd "gtlta pulrhclla." G r ('a l ·n u m b (' r H () r w .o I n· s' I h (' I il : g (' p;r (' y w 0 I f' w (' rt~ p r 0 w I in g arouud our camp,; (cants uubrlltls;) 11 was, doubtlc·~s, one of tla·ro t h a l It ,u I !' o t n r d tt • d t h <' rn u I e J,, s t 11 i ~ It t • Mr. St. Vr:~in gilvt• rnc• a prairie! dn~ that IH! had shot; [ prcst• rv<•d the• ~ktn, although the h<ad of th<' .Ulima! W<lS mu.rh injured by thr r i f1 e b;tll. This ('Vcnitq4', a GOUJ!le 0~ hours opfon· sunsc·t, l at-~ecnded a little sl.opt• that gave me a ftnc Vlt'W of tiH• lllOttlllain mass<'H that wc•re p~ll•tl to tl)( .. hc·ight or one• thousand feet above our hc·ads; .tll fiiOUild Ill<', .1nd lht> ~alley l>t'IO\\, W<'I'C' <.'11\"t'loped jn thP dark pul'pl~ sh~1cl~wH o~ <.'V<'Illn.g, w!11lst tht• high mouuta.in to tht• c•ast, anti the pl.uH sloptng llP from 1ls bast•, \n·n• hath<.'d in tht• gold<'n light of tlH' sun. Ntar tn<.~ the landscape st·<.•trH·d qui"<.'lly slt·<·ping except w\• 11• one or l\ o mrn gathrrt•d around tlte ramp firt·s \~hile on t e () I a Ill ·tt t h c m o 11 n t · \ · ' , l 1 · ·' ' ' , Ills >a~c, t 1c m<.'n Wl're tlrtv1nrr our ~utdcH dowu to water WI ·tt. 1 .. t f' 1 h f 1. 1 . · . 1• ,1 >< .tu I u c:ont1 ctl-\t thE'~<· broad massc•s loi fe. 1g 1l and :-had<.• '· tl11's ·s cr""t l.lt Y 0 f s ] c<.·p w·i t1t the h·v cl1·1 1ess o f Srpt ember 1!) -W · ha l · 1 f h . , . , · <-•• • c no sooner t l nuup than we eomtlH'nn•cl t .c l MH, cnt o. f a long hdl ' who"''<' ' t 0 P f orms t 1u · <1 ·L v·u lt·n g- ridge of the ~~ .e:.s 1 runnmg north fron~ those· runnin1r ~out1L 1'rom tia• top of t s 1 1 < g <, o n e h a s a rn a g n di < • <.' n t v i (' w A s u 1 · t t o us ·t t 0 t' 1 1 1 · · l e r o a < 1 s v <' r y or u-b ~' ·~ . nc• 1 rm 1 .c one· H' 10 ds th<' Spanish peaks dirt-c·t ly in front· u t lS on y or a mpmcnt as tl l . . . ' course to the south. ' · le roac unrnccliatf•ly bcn<ls 1lR 'I'h c bot I om of the gor~, , . lravel1cd alon r c uitc• n idl c wa.s now romparattvc•ly Icvl'l; we P ... , 1 g l . 'P y, untd nc·ar the "embouc:hur<'" of the (.~s, WH·n we ag-un <>nco t l l'fT' a 1 on g s 0 rn e d is t .1 11 'c c · J u n en· < < 1 H: u It g r o u n d . W h i I !-i l r i d in g a sudd~·n rise tch·tt sl·n iH va,nrc of tlw wagon) I discovered bc•yond f<'rox") . t'l ' :Ill< rc~·nec me, tllt'ct• largc• gr1~,dy h<'ars ("ursus Th<·y ' tn ' ·tl1 < mt<c coi the ro·(1 (l ' . ··1· · lllc\l c IIIII); dtrc·ctly towanls me. . were a•n not more than 100 . I. I' head to prevrnt bt•in(T . • . Y•\.rt :s t tstant; I lowt•red my bis riflt .. he huJricdn/<<n.' '1 1 11 <1 rode• bn~k aud told Pilka to get w a i t c d t h <' i r a p f>r 0 .1 c h . ot; w' tl r 1 . ~ a ll cl · t 0 ~) P •.n g d o w 11 b <.' h i n d a r o c k his ri(lt' snallJH•d 1 \~ict~· 1 1 lcy tcl, ,~n 1 <.' ~ 0 wttllln fifly yr~rds of him, bllt s too cI up to take aim. ' Atl ct hel lr1 ( t I 111 (.' h c p u. t on a f' r t• s I1 e a p il n c1 ro::;c erect snuffing the A 0t1d r<.port ol lhc cap the h<·ars all ' Utr. t ast thc·y caught s1gbt of thr cause Ex. Doc. No. 41. 441 of th<>ir nlarm, whrn thry !H'nllnh1Pcl up t\H' p<'rprnclieul:n Ric1<•R of the roc·ky gorgt· all~l ran c,ff. W<· o.ftt•n aflt•rwards congratulalt'<! nurS<'h·c·s that tltt· 1 dll' drd unt ~o off, for had the ht·;us bt•cn wnu.ldc•d tht y would have ~~r<'att•d dirt: havo1~ arnong·d c.ntr mule·~; Clnd tlu·y wc·rc all r.rowdl'cl in ~urh a narrow pass, tllat 1t woultl. ha.vt•. bl't'll \t•ry c1 i fii c ult t 0 h a v c sa v t • d a n y o f t h c m . T h n c are f c w a ru m a I : m o r c to be• dr<'<lllt•d tl1<tn tlw gr1:t.zly bt•ar. Soon aftN this nclvt•nturc, wt· comtn<'n<'rtl thP pa!'sagc· of onr of the mo~t rorlcy road~ l t•,·er saw; no one \~· ho ha~ ctoss!·tl ~he· lCtt.on can t'\t'r forcq·\ it. A d t•nse growth of p1teh ptuc lTII<•rfpn·~ w1lh the guitlarH~' pf the tt·arn~; in lllilllY plan·s tl·H' axlc•tn·<·~ were fray (' d a g H j rt S t t h e b II g l' f I' il ~ rn (' ll t S 0 f I 0 I' k 1 h a l J \1 lt <: tl 11 p b ('( W (! I' n the wh<.'ds as we· p .ts::.l'd; pil'C!'H of brok1·n w,tgons ltn<·d t!tt· road, and ;1t the.· fool of the hill we•. aw nnny <tXlPirct·s, w:1gon lnt~~tJt·~, sand boatels, aud ox yok•·s, tl1at had btt'll hrok<'n and cast a"tdP. T h (.' pas:; w a s II () w r llll 0 f t h (' w i I tl (_' h ('[' I' y '. t h (' b I a de I 0 (' II ... t ' . t h c currant, and tltt· plum. In the 1orky porltons we saw till' p1nc, (p. vigrdu~,) tl 1c :-prur·<·, and. th<• prnnu, (P. mouophyllnu.s,) nn.d n c a r 1 h <' d i v i d i n ~ r i d g t' t It <' d t • lr r a t (' h <H <' I> t' II , ( r am p t n a I a ' o I ". n d Ifolia) the flax, (L. pt·rcnn<·,) <ttl(l throu~h the whoiP t•xtt•nt of the go q~ ;. , t h t • b r i ~ b t ~ r ad c l g i II i a, ( ". U . p u k hI' ll a,") b I u l' 1 a r lc :--pur, the gcralltllm Ft(}montia, and tbc luptrH'. . . . . Tht• ptn<· has IH'<.' Il found usd'ul i11 Hn t•conomtcal poult of v1cw, as from it is proeun·d tar for th1• wa~ons. 'f Wt• How issut•d upon the· pl.uns, otlt't· more lo l'e th.e hrault u 1 galardiitS a11d heltanthoid c·omposita, and lis~cn to tht: ltve·ly Uil.rl~iug of tht• prairit• dogB. At lt·n~th, altt•r a JOUriH'~ of 17 nul~·~, \>wC cnt'lllllfH'd 11tri'C' fourths of a mile above the cro~~tng of thl' RIO Cafmdi<tno" when· we found a fine stn·am of <'ool wat<'r, t'lt'ar, too as ery' slal and runnt· n~ OV('l' a c I <.'nn p1 bbl Y l JO ltom , s. \n• ded . hy Ia r g' P co tt ·o n w'o od t 1 e t• ~ <t n d w 1·1 1 ow t }1 1· r \( e t s·, o 11 w l' ir-h t.h t• . !to. ll VlllC clambt•rt•d, cov•·r<.'d with a luxuri .1nt growth of it~ elt;.tfly f.nut. I Septembrr 20 -As the ox t<.·;1ms move•d too slow for me, dett rminc•tl to ~vail, fpr eompany no longn, but with Mr:.Noursc anc l I) 1 lk a to pn~ l1 on f or .~: Janta I''t '. o'"' o w<. •• tros•< .' c.'•.'\t ly •t hts mo•r n- t· ~g, ·t ntcndt· n g to t'amp on t 1t C "i>\.'1 0 V {'l·l llC,J· o, " wlttt:h ts• 20 mtl s dt~tant. . th We trav<'llc1l over a fine IHairi<· <'Ovcrfd with a luxurwnt grow. ' . l ' I w 'Is (l \'('I - • of grass· in many pl<u·<·s it had bc,·n V(·ry marsny, .Ht< ' groWn w'r t h 1 h c !'at t a i I " t y ph n " an d <: .\11 e g r a s s , '' H r 1111 d 0 P h r a g 1 - mt.t <'s. '' ,J ' lrt>se pltu. ns l'o ok mueh' grt•t•ner t l1 ., \n t l1 o ",,' e to the non l of the Raton. . .. W c saw a l> .lnd oft.' I k or warpL. ,.1 , (('i' · <" , \nun cl'-"ll' SI• S· ) We also Srl\V m an Y h · 0 20 I the hrg·e· grey 1.! r d " o r a rlt <.' I o IH · 1 n t r o n p s o f 1 o r ' <~ 11 < ' 11 a re we rc• run n .1 n cr abo u' t .1 n H 1I tit r e r t ·1 0 n ~ · A m 0 t\gs• t· thP lHnl•s we 1. ,.., 1 1 I· k ( nc- < 1 ~co v t• r t• d the t ut k <' y v ul t u rc•, l be r a v t' n '· t t c m <.' ~u ow '11 ' • gl<•ctn) and t11e ~ky ICHk (alanda alp('stns.) . rl'f 1'L . . ' II 'th tl <' st•nrc·to II ! n- 1ll' pr.11ru• was 1n 10.1rty pla('c·s, Y(' ow WI 1 • . lY'J· ) I. ' ' I l . . ' . I \ . l Tl '\ ( v "'Ill nat IIlii rl ' IUS, clllf lCi\U'rfu) patc·hc•S Of tht• purp C V( r H '' I' , U ' .,,y c, rc, c,. oust;tntly r<·<~Url'. lng. 'f Itt• M l'Xl(. ,. In p 0 r> J> y w (., .s .a hu.n d" an t, ,\11 of the cacti we had the "opuntia" and "cercus ccspttosa. |