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Show "I ~ , I Ex. Doc. No. 41. 463 1ong fllory etbout thr <l<'predations rommittc<l by tl''' Na'\iajo rs ; that th<·y kc'pt all New Mexico poor, whil~t th t•y th<'mselvc·!-l rolled in '"Wealth;" son muy fi('Of;, ticn<•n mudtOR caoalJo1', lll UC'ltO<; <:anJ<'ra~, 'i'rt u <' h o s b u <' y o s , m u c h o s ! rn u r h o s ! m u <' It o ~ ! " 0 c to b (' r 12. -The v i e w fro m t h i s p I a n· , i s p a r t i (' u 1 a r 1 y h c· a u t i f u 1 • on thr farther side of the Rio del Nortt·, a high "mcs;," or tabl;. land, ~tret<'ht•:-; dowu the river; just op po:-;it<· our camp it is :wo l£•rt in h<'ight, <•nd at the vt•ry ledge risc·s an aueit'nt ruin, that from it singular position, t' Xcile!-1 the sprculations .of the' cur i ou~. This is quiU· a fertile valley, but tlwre IS so !itt)(' or it, nn rl this little the people cannot enjoy, for fear of the Navajoc·..:: who cl<'f'<' CIH I from the mountains, and SW<'t'p away the•" caba l ada~" of the Pur·blos and Mexicans, who look on unrcsi . tin!.{ly. A<; we dr ·:; r (' n d <' cl t h c r i v e r , w e n o t 1 c <' d t b at t h c I o w <' r s t r a t a o f t h (' r o c k s res<'mb led the saliferous formations on the Rio Cailadian. W e paRs r d t h r o u g h ' • A I god on r s , " a 11 d a nul <' b <' I o w, t h rough t c Angostnr<ls," and after pa~sing over a distance of eight mil<·s, we rrachecl the mouth o · the" Rio .Jt.' ml·z." Jl t•rc W<' go t <•n ta ng lcd amongst the" aC'cquias," which W('re t}H)n full of wau·r; br1t some Indians kindly extricated us. We visited "Hanchito," and saw great pil<·s or corn, the best we hacl y •t not ic<·d; thc•n we C'rossecl t he Rio del Nortr, and asccnclccl the Jem<·z, passing a C'U rious pillar of volcanic rock , that ris<'s from beds of drstin ctly stratifi<.'d c 1 <1 y . T h <' s c s t r a t a a r e c u r n .• d , t~n d i n m n n y p l a c c s t b c ' o I c a u i c .. : o c k h a c; i n s i n u a t (' d i t s c I f b c t w c e n t h <' I :-1 y r r s . The Jcm<·z vai]('Y is very sandy; the bed of the:' str<•am thrc<'quarter ·of a mile in width, contains, in many pl ac<'~, 110 \~<lt<·r, and wh<·n it is found, it is of a clark rrd color. Aftc·r marching 1i v c m i I c s 11 p t h c .1 c m c z, w c rca c· h <' d t h c P u <' b I o of " St. .. \ n a., T h e vi II a g c w a~ a I m o s t <' n t e r c 1 y d e s e rt <' d , a 1 I t h c in h a b i t an t s b c: i n g eng a g c d at Han chi to, gat lH• r in g- t h l' i r co rn . We h ~ d m u C' h t r o u u I e to gE:t wood for our fires ancl fodder for our mules; tlrne was no Jrctss to be seen ;1 ny where in tht• vicinity . October 13.-Th is morning we did not start until quit<' lat<', as it r c q u i r e d s o m C' t i m c t o o b t a i n t h e b r a r i n g R o f t h c s I' v <' r a I to w 11 s around. Lic•utenant Peck descrYes the greatest C'f'('clit for the as::; icluity h<' manife ted in the performanre of his dutit•s; to-clay he C'lambcr('cl up to the high "Mesa," that raised its top 300 fc:t·t above us, ancl fixed the positions of Jcm<'z, an Is adore·, and Si lla. lie was accompanied by a Spanish school master, who t('a ('hes the children of the Indians in St. Ana. The dorninc gave us much iuf or m a I ion with r c gar d the conn t r y ; he said t hal there w <' n· so m c gold min'S at the head of the Rio Jcmc·z, and told us that the 1n\ lians have much ground under <'Uilivation on the tops of these "mesa~." To he sure these" rnr~ac;" ar cov(•rcd with co,ttiug of volcanic rock that forms a good soi l, but at such a h£•ight, where 1t lS impossible to irrigatr, and in this country where it searc<·ly ever rains, it sc<·ms doubtful that much vegdation should h<· produn·d. At length we !'t:utcd to retrace our strp~, and gain the Rio del Norte. We soon crossecl the river, which was full '0[ wilri geest·, and passing through "Ra.nc:hito," we ma:chcd four miles bevond that place when we arnvcd at "Bcrruddlo." |
