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Show Sl b 51;J Ex. Doc. No. 41. Vrain aboullhc practicability of going to t~1c United • late b_y the way of the Cttnadi~n, the route I followed 111 1845. IT_e cautiOned roc not to attempt lt, as he had been warned. by the Ktow~y " of a sctll tl det ermination of the amnnchcs lo kdl all the wlutes who should attempt to go through their country, and then.· fore he hacl not sent any per. on lo hi tra(ling houses o_n ''El Rio Caiiadiano.' This hostile f('elincr on th<' part of the lnd1ans has been pro.luced by th<' g reat mort:lity which l~a~ this year prcv~·ilcd among tht'ir children which these super ttl to us people allnbute lo so rcery, saying, ~he whites have r_nnde a great medicine, and have blown an evil breath upon our chd!lrcn, ~uul they vow to wreak vengeance upon thr white man. December 25.-As to day is Chri ·tmas, we cndeavore<l to make our time pass as pleasantly as pos ibl . During the day Captain Ftscher's company of n ' rmans parade<l in the plaza; they were in excellent dt ciplinc and c. ce ll ent orucr, and have worthily be n dicrnificd by the ·oubriqu )t of the " tar co mpany." Tht•y are rcga~ dcd with pride by all Americans and with awe by the Mex ican . . We were q ni tc anxious with n·ga rd to the safety of L icu len an l Walker, Colonel P rice's adjulanl. lie had been ent to arrest Diego Archilct; in the CYening, while we were at Colonel Pri ce's quarters, he entcrccl; he had not been able to rapture the Mexican, and ~aid that while searching his house, the pcopl of lhc vicinity collected ancl manifes ed the mo t clecitled di sapprobaiion; in fact, they assum •d quite a threatening altitude, an!l seemed half inclined to attacl him and his party. A second detachment was sent off to capture Sal czar, that infamous man who cul oif the cars of the T xan pri. oners who dic ,l on the route from San 'Miguel to Chihuahua. In the evening two other prison ers w re brought in; they had been exciting the lnllians of Santo Domingo, and had succeeded in organizing a bouy of 300 Pueblo , when the plot reachc<l the ear" of some ofliccrs, who immediately started· with a company of men, an<l appearing suddenly before the town, they got hold of one ot prin cipal chiefs and threatened to bring the artillery from ~anta Fe and level the town with the grou nd, unless the two Mexican were given up, and they were in tantly surrendere<l. At night we walked through the city; patrols were marching in a.11. direction s. During the night the counter ign was changed, wh1ch caused us to be arrested by one of the sentinels. F ortunate! y, the ofl1cer o{ the day, Captain W eightman, was ncar, an,l relieved us from our predi cament. Decembe·r 26.- I spent the clay in preparations for my journey. As the wagon that I had brought had been much wracked by the rough roads over whi ch it had passed, I therefore exchanged it for another, and pro cured some tools that would be useful in case of any breakage. This evening Governor Brent gave an entertainment at the palace, which had formerly been occupied by ex-governor Don Manuel Armijo . We hau all the luxuries of an eastern table, and <lelightful champagne in the greatest abundance. Indeed, we con- Ex. Doc. No. 41. 513: c ludr<l it wac:: b ette r to rC've l i tl ~?v.e~ in the h~ll s of the .l\To ntt·~um~t~ h/~>\~s o~ t_hc 'Armijos, than to ClVIIIZl'd Indi ans, whil<' th t' form ' . the L\tter '''Cr~ poor nn t hc blood of the JII(Ial g·os of C · t ~lr .m .\y, perhaps, boast to be of D l ' as I (' rlfld Arrao·on ccem >cr 27.-I had J>n st >on l 1 · • h • 1 • I c < c a v 1 n g s ·t t I' , . (lay; n<'Vl'rtheless r was oblirr \ It ( n a •e untd Mon- 1 If . ' ' n (( oattcnd toht··, 1 . < ay. ound th at some of them ' l I t s lncss c llrtng the tempted, uy the p ·i r<' t h·,t tJH'.,. tn W 10m had C' n gnr~c·d had bt•cn to dispose of those they 'had ob1~:.n·~·rltl~tt•nl t \\a-.; olf<•ring for mules t hroug!t Socorro. Meu ' I • rriHI< )ttl ow rates wh ' II we }nlSSecl J · v 1 o w o u < t lll s u r c ·d- tJ , · · a n( J>r Otnlsc•s wer<' no loss to mr So I l, • '- _tclr cngag-ctn f' nts o thers; indeed, J bad mor<' a ppli ('.an ts thar~'lrl t~l.<' lr places f~ll c<l uy I ca ll ed to take leave· of Col I 1> . Wished to rc<·elvc.: • • < one rtcc · 1 1 , . · Dl~hc d me wrth copies of all the >a . . ',.'u·l( lc most. ktndly fur-surre cti o n. 1 p ets re atlllg to the 1utendcd in- I now found it jmpossib le to obta· th f nece·sary 1o buy ('Ortl an I t I r' In c llllcls '"'·hich would be 1 I M . . ', < n <t' ray the cxr· ., f <own t le ISsoun rin·r. At IC' II th J\fr , . c r~ sol o rny party fcrcd to let me ltavc s ufTi ci<'rlt f'o g ' .. 't. Vralll generously of- D l , . . · · r rn y J o urn 'Y. ecf'm I) CJ 28.-Th Is morn ,·,1 g w c I . I 1 a c a s l ' v <' r ' s t JHevcntt·c my starting at day li ght as I , l I . . now s or~n, which P o s e d r c a c h i n g t h c r u i n s o l' I> ' . ' . 1 a < lll t . u d c d ; i o r I p r o-h 'I . ccos In one <hy '1'1 eavt y, so that we could not sec tl I I ' . l<' snow fc!J s i {' 1 · 1 c r 0 a< · Jut as t h c k L gns o t 1e storm elearing awa )' 1 st ·t ,'1 11.' s ·y snowrcl o'clock. ' ai C( 0 my command at W c h.ad a difficult time ('lam berino- , . moun t a 111 • T h c o-ro u n d was f . oh u PI t h c s t e r P suI(.' s o f t h c s I . b ' . rozcn an the rock , 1' now anc Icc, and our an tm al unabl ' , s l}>j~cry witlt ~on11tantly fallin ~ . When we n~aciH·d ~b:~ gel fi~m foott~g, were 1~ about 11 millcs from ~-ulta F6 . f noun taln summrt, which encamped th ere. The)' ' h'l.<l I) ?ltwc] cnm;I a party_of volunteers b • UL argc Hrrs of 1 were so ll 5i.Y., ~armillg thl'm sc l ,·es that w ,' 11 }>lne ogs, and from t h c m . S t d I f u r t h c r on w c I , c c o ~ < !1 o t get a w o nl who had succeeded l·n "rr"s ',·ng nl c t t!Jc alguazd, Rtchard J)allum 0 .. ~ . aazar. ' halfu dr road was1 str<'wcd with thP~ rarc.a ssr s of ox n evou red >y the wo] vcs and ra vcns .} . . . orne were long, for the birds of prey had on! t~r~t lCJ s ll.tcl.not been dead stantl~ encountering th ese· repulsivJ si hts out, thcl~ cy s. Conthe cauon from which Armijo o ". 1 g_ . 'Jwc at length reached camped in the neicrhbor hoo j f Ing lonous y ~led," and then t·n-wag 1 . o c o a a rgc tr ·lln of . ous, w n ch \Yc>rc going to Santa Fe Th • romrntssary greatly annoyc<l by the I ndians in . . c wa~oncrs JJ ad been liS frightful lid<'S of t!Jc uoJJ' ,· '. crfOSShrng t ile> prairi<.•s; thry told D I <. anng o t c savages . cccmber 29.-'rhc sun now ('arne forth fro ( . . wluch he soon di ssi p~tcd and his wa. . m aru~mg the <loud..,, snow and i c \\-hiC'h impc'd I . • tm Jays rapid ly trH•lted the m ountat. n gor'g es thr loftv· e<. ou•r pf roo~-r e">.'s . In .s e \C, i.a 1 o f t h c cll'Cp eternal shaflow rests a " < rl<l~ ~ Jo gran It<' hect1c so high that an h d . . rounc . n such pJaccc:: tl . a accumulated and our a . 1 f . 1 tc sn,,w and ae their feet. ' mma s ounc great dilliculty to keep I procured a beautiful J·ay " 11 · 33 , corvus ste anus," and wa~ aLlc to- |