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Show j s 1 ~ 1 ( ( ]' 4~2 Ex. Doc. No. 41. A<1L1 to thi~, that Cihol1eta is situated in a group with th~ towns of 1\loquino, Poguatc, Rito, Lnguna, Covero ::tn<! Acoma; in nil, St'Vt'tl towns, aud only St'V( n; the sa1nc number wluch compo. cd the ancient kin gdom of Cibolo. The lc\'cl count"y between Quivira au<l Ciboll(>ta, would permit. the• bt.lf,do to C'\.lcnd their range to the latter place. C I a v i g e r o m a k <' s 1.: n ow u a <.: 111 i o us c~ us t o m of t h e I 11 d i a n s o f " C iholo," whi,·h w.ts not pradis(·d by the nations of Auahua(', but it r c scm b 1 e s that of our p r a i r i <' In d ian s; it i 'l in using d o g H to carry burd t·ns. Clcn ig< ro mt·ntious the dog of Cibolo, or dog of burd en, "a quadruped of the <'Ouniry of Cibolo similar in form to a tnastrff, which the lnduws <mploy to carry burdens; several ltistoriau s mention this stroPg animal .'' AlthouL;h tl <'fl' IClll.uks may he looked upon as an unnt• ·cssary di gres ion, yd thl) may be us..r·ul in att1acting the atte11tion of some more able izn e~tigator to this subject. I have made tbem as brief as possible. .l'{uvembcr 5.-This morning, when about s tarti11 g, we notice<l som<· mule tracks that had evidently been made l.>y animals ttndcr humatl guid,tnc·r. They had eomc fnnn the dircetion of Qu,tt•ra., an<l aftpr npproacltiug- quite near our ('.<~ mp, had retraced. th<·ir st<•ps,going bnck by the ·ame route. W<· had been too long in the woods uot to nolt<'l' th<se th i n g~, y(·t wr all tried in vain to dic,;<' O'<'r tl1P oLjcct of the persons. To\\ctrds midnight we h:HI a. ~cYnr ~!tow<·t; tl1c. c tracl shad bt'<'n llHld(' subsl'que ut to the :-.howt•r. \Ve had •l'titc• a IH·arl) laugh at our guidl', who had ncvn 0t·rn bt'}Ond Chilili and Tagiqu<·, but still would not admit it. Y<•st<•r < l<ty, h<• had ittsi:-.t<•d that l1 l.J<\ wa · much farther oii than it had prov <'~l to br; a:1d now, to ronfirm what be sa id, he d<•<:lans that t h <' r c 1 ~ an o t h c r A b o. W c f l' i ~ n c d on in t c nt ion of going t h , r <' at once·, wht•n he nied out, that it wa: a dn'a dful plae<·, "uo hay, agua, P.asto, llii:t, g-ent<·; uada, nr1da, sefwr." L('t\VIIlg the wagon to nroeccd slowly [ wpnt ovn to the ol<l clturch tf jbo, is ord('r to :nake ask<·tch of- the Yt·ncrnblc· ruin. It is impossi~lc to get any lH'c·ount of thPse hoary monuments from t!te Jnhabttant~ of the n ·ighboring townc;.;. W' fr ·quently qut·stwnt ·d thc:m wuh r<gartl to su(·h rt·lic..,, but their re!'pOIISl'S '"' <'I'C W r ~I p p (' d 1 11 1 hI' Ill J S t I f) l 11 g } till g II (l ~ e 0 f j g ll 0 I' a Tl C ('' 0 r t h (' V ('I' J ll nsa. ttsLlr!ory n·ply of" quicn ~abc." 'l'ht·y view our inquisitivcncsr Wtth a Jddot.ts t•yc, for they can only accounl for it by Sltpposing that Wl' arc Ill !il'arch of gold, whivh tradition has said is burit·<l l>~n<•,Lth th1· altars and llo01 s of tht•st• old ehurcht•s. It is rl·latecl of .an old ma.n \\Ito li v<'d in Santa Fe, that an Jr having amassccl q~1t~ '1 ~mug httl.c.sum of money, he induced st·vcrnl others to jotn l1~m .111 a!1 <'. J><'d.t tlon to Quarra, whc•re he ~prnt all bis ga;ns in <II gg11~g" Ill th~ atslc of the old churth. The holt•, tlOW half filll'<l up,. ~:tlil rernarn~ n m?numcnt of his folly. It is also ste~tt·d, that whtle engaged 10 th1s scan·h, he exhlltncd th >bones of sorne one who had b<-<·n buried beneath the floor of the building. They w<•re .. ·upposed to have b. longed to some pri('st; and at night, wht·n the old man thought h1s comrades were all a~lccp, he went aud knelt I I Ex. Doc. No. 41. 493 d own , an d i n v o k c cl t h e so til t h at h a < 1 on c e a n i m at c d 1 h esc h o IH' s with roo t humble enlr ~ty and most. powerful argum. nts ancl promi~ws . Ile told the SJ)Int, that as 1t h<lCl alwa}~ bc•(•n hPrc, it m u s t k n ow w h ere t b ' t rca sur was d c p o ~ i t<• d , w h i c h i f 1 e ft toncealrd would clo no onr any beu fit; hut if it would inform him l h a t he vow 'd by all most h o I y, to h a v ' t h <' s c bon c s in t <' n c d i 1~ ~mcn~d ~.r ound., and would purchase Inassrs without numh(:r·' but it was all 1n v<nn. W ) hfld a finl' roacl, an<l travelled on at the rate of thrrr milrs an hour. F'or tht> first Jive miles, we followed the stream on which Abo is situated; as we proceed<'d, it lH'rarnc pl'rfrctly dry. Jt. coursr i~ n"arly due west to ~he Hio del Norte. As it gof's through a narrow c~iion, we were ob!1gcd to follow the road, which led us through a crooked mountain gorg , whence we• emerged into the grrnt valley of the]) ' I Norte. W • saw a plllnt that brnrs some rrscmb1ance to tbe )Ucca an<l is ~ailed "palmello ango ta;" a)so, a "mahoHia," the leaves of \vhich are v <' r y rn u c h J i k c t h <' h o II y ; 1 b i s t h e M c xi can s <'a II " p a I om e r <' 0 . " As we descended into the valley, we fouud a great and very pcrCPptiblc ehange of temperature. The sun now scrmcd as if his influence was gaining the ascendancy over that of the snow- ·upped mountains; and wh )n we rt·aclH•<l the foot of the sie rrn, we found some beautiful plants still in full bloom. Continuing our journey, we, ere long, saw a large band of antelope dash across the road. This circum lance gave us hope of soon finding watu; and, in a few moments more, we perceived a h rd of cattle grazing ncar the road. Wh n we rrachcd them, we found several little ponds of water and encllrnprd alongside of them; having made a journey of 20 n;tles. We had scarce completed our arra.ngemcut , when a dark cloud came sweeping along the sierra, pouring down rain and hail· but it passed ov<·r us rapidly. ' November 6 -Our roacl now Jed across a level plf\in, which consisted of a mixture of small gravrl and san1l. Although a goorl roa<l at any time, still the show r of ye terday had rendered it more compact, and we made a rapid march, completing a journey of 18 mill's by noon; when we encamped at "Ca a Colorado," a little town on the banks of the Rio del Norlc, ncar a large ac<{ucia that passed bt>t ween the tow and the river. We here heard that General Wool hAd takrn Chihuahua without any opposition, but we knew the Mexicans too well to place confidence in this report, and could ouly hope that it was true, without permitting the rumor to have any influence on our plan of operations. In the afternoon, we went to pay our re~pects to the alcalde, aucl to ask some questions with regard to the surrounding country; but found our visit very unprofitable. II c had some very old pictures, in large, oval frames, that h~d once been beautifully gilded. We asked him questions with regard to them, but all his answers Were prefixed with "quizas," (perhaps .) North of the 1own there are ~everal large ponds; their sulfaces 'Were covered with ducks and geese, nnd lon[!-1cggcd cranes were |