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Show 49-J Ex. Doc. No. 41. sta1kin~ about their margins; bnl they will nol allow any onc, with a gun in hand, to apprnaeh. . l b We n·otin:d sevt .. ral vincpu<ls ncar us; the vtncs hac cen · 1 ff "t' r y c:: 11 o r t a n 1 l w ~ r c s u rr o u n ( tnmmec o • · ' l c d b y mf 0 u n d s 1o f ef a r t h , b 2 all(l 2 , fLcl high to lHOtecl them rom t 1e rosts (.'l Wl' C'll < !.! ) of wintl'r. . 1 1\r b •. 7 -TT <'a r in r,. that so m c Am<> n cans were c n ramp c < n r n. r JY OtJCIII C7 • ( 0 . . . • I h 1 Ill a rncssentrer to them in ord •r to 1nqu1rc' 11 t u•y a( us, "" l' Sl.' < , h ' I f 1\11 J> U t h I ., !\ y 11 .. \V s from Chi h \1 u h u a. · W c I earn 1 r o m r. ". en r y ea rt ... .. ' C ·1 I b . the rumor that Ut•neral Wool bad cot~rflcl lutua Hta; ut no post-tivP information bad as yet been re ce,vcd. . 1 · 1 rrr C·1.., ·• Colon<h we· continued our WfiY down tlie R10 del ..~t>C\ Vl l ;, ,,,n < ,, • • N 0 r t e. lT a vi n ~ pro c c e d c d four m i I ~~ , w c c r o s l' d t b c w out h o. t t b <.- s t n· a rn th ·•t lti•··' cs· near Abc) · Oue mtle morP brought· us oppl os t·t e t"o th town ol "~avi u al." We also [HlS!:il'U a clu~tcr of '' r~nr a•r t <~~; 0 n e ~ e t s e v t 11 m i I c s from on c poi n t of d <'par l u r c, an <1 . 111 s u ffi e 1 c n t n umb,,r to be clignifi(•d by tuc name of" H.ancho de Mttr~." After marching 12 mde. we encamped on a salt pla1n, by the side of th river, elo~e by some r.otlon woocl trees lll:'~c W(' noti <·c1\ ::>OUH' pools of b~eautifully clear "':lter, a~td, on.Atoop1ng down to ta ~te of the inviltng elemcut, we lound 1t _periect ly sa turatc1l wi 1 h salt. Tht' plain around us was. cove red WIth a w lu t ~· c: lTlo rcsccnc, that one could crape o[ w1th great case, aud, 111 a httlc timt• obtain an abundance of salt. N~·v rmbcr 8.-Last nirrht the wincl blew so strong as to endanger the stah di ty of our t nL Streams of rain were driven against the cloth walls of our frail shelter by the strong nor thwest bla8t; for the winll lla,l changed diametrica lly opposite to its course when we f1rst ('lH' 'l tnped. • . ThiH moruing the bad weltther yet contmued. A cold clamp m1st is inc ·s~nnt ly dc::;cending. At length we saw gleam · of sunshine now and then illumine the distant hills, and we start •d. About 12 o'clock tlw wind changed to the soutlwasl, the mist C('nscd tailing, and c 1t> arc 11 away, but 1h e blast b Ie w chi II , and w c w c r c fain to wr.ap onrsclves closely in our" tilmas.'' After marching four m ~ les we arrivetl opposite to the mouth of the Rio I>ucrro, and th ree mdcs more brought us to the town of "La Joya de Cibollet~." I was sl\u('k with this name when l first heard it, for it is not c ... bollcta ; but one f111cls in the name a trnce of the a cient kingdom of Cibola. This place is "the jew l of Ctbola." W c were much amused wiih the laconic replies of some persons that we met upon the road--whence do you come? " De abt~xo,' ~ (from below.) Where are you going? ''Arriba," (above. ) What news have you' "Nacla," (nothing.) Men who can give such non committal answers certainly possess con~id~rablc finesse. There is rnuch more wit in these replies than m the stereotyped joke of "l'Ompren~lo pero no quiero," that is every where echoed tb rough N c w Mex1co. Alas the degeneracy of the times. 0 ttm pora 1 0 wores! It would make Cervantes weep, and, in despair, burn up hts wot ks. At Joya we purchased some corn for our mules at the rate of $3 I I Ex. Doc. No. 41. 495 the" fanrga." Continuing on 1o Joy ~ tn, which 1~; six mile~ further, we encamped under a large grove of cottnn \ lod tre(!~ in the vic i n i t y o f <l o <H' r q u i £1. TlH' ?O tHse of 1 thr. river 1 to-day ~as tortun11; l1igh sand bnnks closed In on cac 1 f·ndc, a mo ·t obl1trrating- tlte vallt·y, <·xn·pt at ! o y a r1 n d Joy e t a , w h ere t h ~ r c a r c fie I d s s u Hi c i en t I y b r 0 a d for nt is_ mg corn cnlJugh to suppl·y the wants of lh<· JH'OJllc ·1ucl to -1. I f . ,, ,. , {fo r< 1 graz1ng groun1 s or the1r cattl ·. lo · clny \V <' s.1w 1 r(•at <JilU t· 1 ·, f I . " . 1 1 1 r • n 1 Its o t lC lll~'Zfl~tl prosop1R g an< u osa,'' aJJI! a euriou · evergreen plant, belon g 1ng to _the 7.ygopyll acca <', that gin•s out n v •ry pungent odo_r, . 1 r •scm bl1ng kr ·o~ otr. It occurs in d<·n s(' sphPrical ma ss£·~, s ttnJ ar to the common box, whic·h, at a little d'1 st· 1 • ·t II I l · h · ' ' nee, 1 T<'~ cm > (' S . ~s 1<'1~ t IS nfJt mort> th atl t\, 1o tltr\·e ft•t' t. The l e ~v{·s are cnl tr<>, aR larg<' <i S th ose of th<: bo_x, <w<l s hap<·d Jdce th e t~tl of th e lt>t~er Q. It loves a san dy sod, and p refers the hill Side~ 1o 1he platn~. Nov(•mber 9. - From Joya we ob~erv<•d qni1e a elf2 nrre in t) , _ pea r a n c ~-· o [ t l 1c eo u n t r y . 'J' t1 e rt. v c r b a n k s a r<' n b 1 c Oil p 0 w h <·a v; 1 y t.i m _ b H t.' cl w 1 t l~ co t ton w o·o d ; t h c high sand b I u ff s c I 0 ~ e in t 0 the r i v c r ftn,l tbe cl11natc has b<•comc• mu eh milder \\·hil t• 1h<· J>l·\. rltL• 't h · . . .' - · • ~ a r o un c IS own grea t eh~n ge of Jatttudc. Ot caell lt >Ur v~rietil' have s uu-d. enly burs~ up_on uR, n_nd thrn• we found 11, broad palmat'cd vanety gr owtng 1n mngn1ficcnt Jnxuriancc. 'J be ]<·aver-; 1 · {· 1 ·. ca 11 1 1 A • } • ' may so t ll'tn, mea urc . •.t HI<~ 1es Ill lc>ttgth and 11 inch·~ in breaJlh. We also sa~ a vane~ w 1 th a s t ~·n resl'm b~ing .that. 0 f a young sh?ot of the orange_ tree, onc-ll11rd of au tnch 111 cluun eter, with splnt•s two and three In<'hcs long, and the~<' aov<•red wit h tllln s ·_ tr~n~ parent sla·aths. T.hc "C. und ulata" cov-ered the hill si~~~ mtngl(·d w1th the me7.~utt "P. g landulosa." ,. As we pursued our way along the r·ivcr sicle, we saw many flocks of s h c t • p t h a l t h e " past o res" h a d d riven i n from t h e m 0 u 11 l .11 · n " I' f e.,l r o f' tnt c "N aTaj,o es.. " .T l1 e w.hole country was i , ,,, or 11 a statt' of alarm, and the road ~vas ltn cd wtth "voluntarios" hurrying to the rendezvous. -:\l Sab1no we found that many had alrt·ady ass<'mblecl, nrrn(•d wtlh muskds a~d (•Scnpcttcs, with cartridge boxes that wd ere buckled round the watst, full of J eath -dcaling lead and pow-er. . Aft<'r passi_ng ~ hrough the town, we still f oun cl the pcop 1 e gatherIng together ~n l1ttlt> groups, thr valley still full of sheep and gouts, so. th,,t th hdls re~ot~nded with tlt~ir bleating. After 111 arehing 11 mt s we reached Panda, and p n~s mg two mil<•s bt•yond the town we encamped al the foot of a high sanely bluff, whieh we will hav: to cross to -morrow. Our mules will th<•n be ready for c1irnbing the sterp and sandy acc_Jivity. "Socor;o" is on the oppo~itc side of the nver, anrl one rode bt·low us. } rom the hill ncar which we have enramped there is a fine view of Socorro and the ruius of "Las II ~1e tas," four miles bel ow, as well as of Lim ita r, whid1 is seven mdes above. lletween us ancl the above named plac.:es rolled the waters of the Rio del Norte, which arc here bordered by groves ()f large cotton wood trees. In the back ground, about 10 wiles to the westward, rises a range of lofty peaks, some 1 )000 feet in |