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Show Sl b. Cl 1n c SO. Ex. Doc. No. 41. prepare for tlH• .1rduou~ jOurney hcfore u~. I wi ·hed now to enfore \\·hat I had so .trcntiou ·ly adYiscd hy my own example. 13 •. iclcs, f kn •w that thi <•Xrrcise WO~tld be of great personal benefit, as tn) constitut ion h~d not y •t Cl~lll'ely .recovered from th<.• cverc hock it had sustcuned from my lllnec:;s m Augu t. On ou: road we c:;aw great numbns of re<lwi,ngc cl fli ckers, shore lark.s, wdcl geese .1ncl brant; ali-io many varieties of ducks, among wluch were the mallard, the m<·rganier, and the teal. W c saw al. o many cranes, the "grulla' of the Mexicans, but they .were not so numcro~1s now a~ they were when we came down the nvcr: Although o~·mtholocric:; ts ha\e d<•tcrmin<'d that the blue trane IS only the wh1te crane ~l its first plumag , still we die! not ·cc a ·ingle whit(• crane during our exploration of ' <'W Me"'{ico. Arrived at the town of Limitar, the prople came out in great number·, bnnging u ·mule~ to sell. I bought two fine ones, and exchan ged a horse for a beautiful "macho," which, although a little wild, was indeed a v.tluable mule; he had never had a scar on his back, ancl "as large, fat, ancl beautifully fonnetl. Before the clay'. march wa-; over we placecl the "macho" in th • wagon, and he worked as if he alan would drag the whole load . 1 found among my new In(•n one named James Dob .. on, who hacl at one time been a ·olclier in the army, and hacl had the advantage of having no sed the prairie se\ eral time.. I am but too glad to have one '"ho has . ervecl in ueh a good school for acquiring perseverance and fortitude. December 17.-llefore we had proceeded far, we met a party of Colonel Doniphan's men with flo cks of . heep and herds of cattle, on their route to join the army. In a little while we entered" abino,' having crossed the mouth of the "H.io Pucrco," whidt was IH'rfectly dry. On our way we shot several mallard ducks, "an as bo~chas," an<l brant geese. In the evening we encamp cl ncar "~oralles," at .th? hacienda of El Sei1or Jo .. ·c Chavez, having obtamccl the pennt. s10n of el Selior. ln an acequia that lay ncar our amp we saw several "mu krats," "ondatra zibethicus," but they wne beneath the ice, and we did not shoot for fear of the ball glancing. Decernbct 18.-Refore tarting we calle(l on clior Chavez to pay for the "zacate" that we had taken to feed our mules. He told me t~at he had lately lo t a son, who ha(l been carriccl off by the N'~Vajoe ~ , and tha~ ~cYcral of hi peon had lost their wives and ~hddren. I was mtrotlucecl to the ladies of the hou chold · they hall their facrs covered with a thick coating of some whit'cwash that concealed every feature except the eyes. This pr paration is not put on bcrauf\c they consider it ornamental but as I have been told , to ~Hot cct the <~e1il·acy of the Rkin from bein~ spoiled by. expo urc; lor the e ladte · seem to think the " reba o" an insuffictent guard to their beauty. The females of the lower cla · love to ornament their checks with paint or pokcberry jnice; the latter, when clry, make. them look abominable. W c made c1 long march, encamping at "Lcntc ," and passing Ex. Doc. No. 41. 50!) t h r o ugh t h c t owns of \ or a 1 s, 13 e I l' n , ~,a u e i II o, G a I v a d 0 n e s, n 11 d Luncs. At J3e1en I obt;~uH•d ~omc bc•nntif'ul sp cc im<'ns of. clcnite such as th' people of tl11s rrg10n 11 ·e to crlazc t hc·ir winc! 0 I 1 . . I . . . :-. ,, .<.: 1 . 1,1 . .' l t:} a .o ca cme 1t an< .nnx.tt w1th .wat•r, and \\ith this mi\:lur<.· \\hit,. wash the fa cades oi tlH'll' clwcllmg· nucl l'hnrche~. December 19. -S ta~·ting at daylight, 'H' n•ach ·d I sl<'tt.l at Here w saw a beautrfu l antc'lopl', "dinanoccros furci£', 110011 1 . ' It 1 1 ' b ec•n ''r ounc I c,< 1 so 1It at t l tr JHt cb los had r;tJ>turcd . t't ... . ta< b "Il l ·t 1 1 f . · , u 1 t Hll now ecom<• per edly domc~ttcatccl. At J>adilla~ \H' tril'd to >un },· 1 st• corn, but the I>CO]>lc wtshed to re('ci' <.' :t·-1 the ('""l"l ( ·1. t I 3 '· W·i de h y ]41 vrras Jon g. ) vVc t>a . scd t•,lp tiOUgh '""'P' a" J'' nr•r ' t oaro; ·1 vIe ra t} . j } J) · 1 ' 0) clll ( Il l 1e evcntng crossct t H' \.lO de Norte and < nrnn11>r•tl 'll Alb W · . • .... • uq uerque. e found the west s1d .' of th<' ri' er to IH· much th<' hcst fo loacle<l wagons; one thus avo1ds thol'e tcrribJ(• s · 1 111 11 } 1 ']1 . t J at ~~ orono, an< I at 13 ost'nuc•c.l to · howe' er on<' . ' I s cl 0} (' t a . .. ' J . . llltl t IJ , . t' · ' I . ' 1 , ( ( ell! 1 0 U S I ll ctosstng the {ro d(•l Norte With wngons contat111 11g ''ttc l · 1 I 1 • < •" ' I I Jl1 ll1 ('ll s (' oac s as the traders ~ .. ·agoJ.ls, for some of the traders told InC' th:lt the bottom of th(' nv<'r 1 • not sulTicicntl} {11·111 tc) 1 ' we1· g 11 t • • ><·ar gn•at .At Al~uqncrCJuc we found .raptain Burg" in and Captain Grier w 1 t h tIt<' 1 r t r o o p: q 11 art r r r d 111 t h e a cl o b <' 110 11 s t• s. '1' lH'} {j ll d t h ~ place vrry healthy, and the surCYeon, Doctor SimJ> 0 11 } · · k t ,]J tl t 1crc b • , c . m (' 1a t IS no SIC ness cxce11t amonCYst the Mn"l·c·n 11 .. \''1 } 1 many of thei. r cht. ldrrn by the mbe' asles and~ ' tl1• e ·",','. } • 10 1avc o~t 1001 >· 11 g 1 A . 1 I · 11· ' . 1 coug1. . 1 o.unl t 1e so ( ters quart ers the scntll1c}s werp st:1tioncd in all duect10ns, even on the tops ?f the h ou:l·~, atJd the strirtest "irril ancc was ob crvccl, no one betng a11owed to 11a · ,,. 1 ··1 1 tl n S.i gn un 1r ss r<.'rognt.z f.'d by the men on p ost. • · • l tc counter- De~c1nbe1' 20.-Wr uow bade adieu to our broth<'r soldiers who se :ned only to regr<•t that they wcr not also going hack to the.• Unrted States. On our road we found mu,·ll snour \V}. J 1 I parent1 y 1) een on the rrround \. ... , 11 <'1 l<H ap- ::> 'VCral day· .. it W'lS tltt\\'l.llg r t I h · '=' · • ' '· ' r as , au ( t call' wa. extremely chdl. At Alcm ·da we stopped to purchase corn . 0 n e of my m en c: ~ m e an d to 1 u m c t hat lH• 11 a d j u ::-~ t 0 e e 11 bit_ ten by a clog. I told lum to shoot it, whiC'h he did. \rhen the poor w o man he (I r d t h ' r c port of the 11 i to 1 he r ... 111 e ,· 1 n tn 1· t 1 . , , . • , · ·• c c 1 a e y, crymg out, mortcron mt peno, mortc'ron mi perro '' and look 1 dol fully. Indeed, I h anily pilier! hrr, hut . !Jr c~rt;inly oug~,'1 to have kept such a clog tred, and It ·would not J1an· bc:e 11 killed Sam . Mc.xLcans aftc:rward.s looked at the man's leg, but thry se(•lllc<i to t h 1 n k 1 t w a a m c r e t n fl c . We n o w j>a : s t h r 0 u o· h t j 1 <' ) b 1 ,, l' " 0 1 h 1 uc 0 an l 1 a. n o u r marc 1 .w saw a g r ·at many f1 0 <' k s 0 f s h 0 r e _ larks, and. many raven , ~hde the blackbird., in immense fl ock were hopp1~g abo•1t the ladder-stack and shed· of the corral ·: I~ the c\· rung we reacher! the pretty little town of ll <'rnalillo, and ~ e encamped clo e by the neat haciendas at the northern ex- ~cme of t!1e town. Here are the han cis om est an c1 best arran eel Vln yards tn the whole department, anti the houses show a CYrca~cr appearance of wealth and comfort. ., December 21.-In the morning, when I called to pay the cJ 1 argcs of our landlord for the use of his corral, and for the bundles of |