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Show t se g( l1 a an W I de th IDJ tlu an, ng: sqt bet cor . 1 1ng Cri \ Ex. Doc. No. 41 . 507 ns his animals had rcstc•cl n day or two, prrpcHatory to cro~=s~ng the t r r r i h 1 e " .J or 11 a cl a c J c·l .1\1 u c r t o . " DcNmbcr 15.-This morning, at 9 o'c.lork, Wt' left Valvf•rclc• for Santa Fe. On the opposite• sidt· of the river, at tht• cros~ing, we m c t Co I on c 1 f) on 1 p h <J n . 11 I' ~a i cl h l' h a cl be c· n b i g h I y g r a t i fi c· d w i t h hi· mar<'h into the country of the N,tV'<tjo<•s. )''rom what l could learn, th<·y build in a style similar to tbr jwopl<: of Acoma, Santo Domin~o, and the otlH'r PtH·blos of Nnv Ml'xico . 'fhc·y b<•long to the gnat Apache nation, together with tla• Cyotlnos and Mc•zc a I n o" , o f t h e ~ o u t h e ru fl' g i o n s , a II o f w h i c h tr i b c· s ar c F< a 1 d t o speak the• A paehe language· ~'ome of Colt>ru.•l Doniphan's command visited the• peopiP of Zufii, and strcec·c:dc·d in c·staulishing pr<H'c• bdwcc·n th<•m and the• Navajoc·s. l3<·forc we had gone more tlnn half tlH: day's journc•y from Valvt'rdP, we OVl'rtook a party of eightt•c•n m<•n, who h;ul Jd't the cmplo)mPnt of some of tltt' tradn~, and wne now on t}u·ir ""-flY to t h <' lJ n i l c d S t a I c• s . I a t o n r. " t o o k t b c> m i n m y c rn p I o y m c• n 1 , co nsidering tn}self mn~t fortuna! • ·in thus obtaining- n party in CCI!nplrtc 1 <• ;ul in<·ss for the inte>nd<·d journ<·y, whic:h would obvial<· the Tl('erssi ty of d('laying in s.,nta J.'{:. Continuing our route on th(• W('st sid ·of the· Hio elf I Norte, we encampc·d this <'Vt'ning nc·;n thp littl<: town of San An~onw, which is four t u• l1 m i I<' s 11 or t h o (' V a 1 v c r d c. A lthr>ugh our mul<•s have had nothing to do for tl1c last four weeks, y<·l th e: cold and the• insufJic:it•nt nouri~hrnt~nt to h<• tl<·rivccl from th<• g1ama grass had lt'ft th<·m iu a poor plight. OnP of them gaH~ out to-day, and th<• rncn I left to drivP it llp, could not get it to ramp . Dercmbcr JG.-This mornintr I rl'prcsc·ntc•cl lo tlu: mf•n I had cngagc ·cl y<stcrday, the trials and difTi<:ultiPs that w<· would most likely <nc:ountc·r, and I insisted. particularly that thc·y Hhould purchas< · a n ew set of mu)(·s, as those they tl11·n had wr•rc• poor, and would inc•vitably di<' bdor<• U11 y <:(l uld gt>t ar.ross tbc: pr.tirirs. This rnornin 1r we pa ·sed Mt~jor Miteh<·ll's c;onJtnaiHI. Althoug-h his m £' n w c n· 1 ~ o u n ted on rn ttl<' s, s t i II t h <' y 1 H c sf' n t e d a fin t! rl p p £>a rancc•, owing to the good disei1iline and r<'gularity oh crvcd ?n the march. Th(•y had just passed us, when w<· h('ard a ru.sLIITlg ~f sabJ<'s, and looking round, saw the men all on foot, l•ad11q; t}~C'rr m u I c. . 'rh ~~ mo \'('men t was pc·rform l'd with sueh pc> rf ·ct u n 1 l y, that one must ru:e<·ssarily juclgP thc·rn to lH• well drilled. J n•cogn i z c d i n t h e r a n k s r-< om c brave f c·ll ow s who h ;1 d h c c n w tt h u ~ through the couutry of thr Kioways nncl Camanchc•s in the fnl! of 1815. At noou we rcaelu•d ~or·orro, which i8 by tl1is route 27 miles north of Valvt'rdc Passing four miles bc)'nnd the city, we cnc a lTI r (' d 0 n t h (' bank 0 f t h c r i v e r. W <' II a\ <' n o w a j our n c y o f 1 :3 6 m i I c s to a r com pI ish b c fore rearhing S,tnta Fe, where W<' will br· m nine d.tys W e passed to ·day a dcsntcd town, which wt• w<·re tole) h<lll been left on account of the continul'd cll'predations of the ~<n:aJoe•s. 'I'I.is morning I started off and walked as far <t~ L u~ttar, for I had coun~clled my rntn to wnJk as much us posstbl (·, 1n OHler to |