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Show Ex. Doc. No. 41. :l14 . 1 a hr~ntt· ru 1 ) · r1low finrh, which. kin. I nlso obtatncr. '. " In tlw t·v<·ntng; I S<'nl some. p] rc•rr\C th~ ·, '"fringilla n•r•·rl!n.L "' nil s from, an•l to the Hon•s to h< t 11<1 of ]>•·cos, whtrh ts -2 ~ .. l th ·lt th<·)' ~aw, neax the \'I age . ' 1 tht·y ::;,tu • 1 t mt.•n } to f ou r ramp. On t.h t·H n ·tu11, lt ""' now too a c 1 . Yl'd stone. ' . 1 l 1 nor\ I .o, f' ]>I ·oo..: a ( ' lHIO\IS y <:1r •. I r in tht• morntn~ t la t h c r 11 Ill s 0 ~ ~ · ' 1 · , 111 a t r b (' d ~ o (. '1 r ) . · . l · .. . \ 1 n cr :.1 n t \\ C , , 1!- ; c t 0 l' "\: tl rr11 n l . . to !-tt l' t liS (l,u , W,i stone for sotn(.' OIH t . b, ·s ofmt~rrpies, whtch, \ n<·t·ds <'il\ c . . I . Cl1'('<1t nutn (. r. r l I , ' ll'IU1") em. be.r <>,., 0 .-Wt •s nw, to ( <1)' nh · 'l 'lt. "g on th<· innlllll{' til1) l'1 C.tr-f a 't l th•• raHn,, \Vl'lt' ' · W. ·a\\" larg•· f o<· '" in """'P~"Y. ~vt ,;,at still slrew<•d \jH' road. ,.t ~h'~ grons of l'«ia0 ! r as~<. s o I ox< n . . ' fl \' i n JT ~ n tl y n m on g s • • W h 1 t' h \\ ( I ( ·' n I II . s . . I•· liar Y') '>I . I e•o\l'r I he hi lis an< va '? . h PI' cos I i Hr, in wh<rl and l"'t" ,'.'''fin<' \iew of the \alley":.'. ·cl rn•·a uqH'<I; .for I ha<l 1 il':W5 et he" "t'o w'' n o f ... ·' tn IJ .o ,C~ ~ att hiwsh tlol wh np ,WHi·icS !:lt.. . . llll. I ·s , iJorter than. t: • . 1 h <' r o u tc· t 1 I o u g 1 h•·•11i Ina\ • ·, ·I . · . art btau-thal t htou~lh : .a;'h~\:f;:~r .Pecos i• GO feet wHir/-iytr- ~\atr/~'l;lxious to AI til" I' ' 111 , long with gr,.at 10P" 1 '' ·., 1 ,. l'll!pl~ 'fully ckar, and fl'"' a (' If >f ~li'Xil'o, 11110 wlnt hI" Y. I ~l :,',ingl•• with .lho. cloft t~J~ o;'~he,llin del No<tl', at till' PresHlo tc a\ll'f ha,.ing JCIII!el t !0. ]' ~~ j t' 0 (} J' ;1 n d C. l . . j l iS f 0 r m (' d f r (J tn t h C C r.u tn b II o 1\Ve had au t·~ccllent rond to . .<~: grauitc rocks, which 1orm the 1 of the eonrse dccomposlllb . l own . 1 l · •r 1 neighboring ~l(~l'fiiS. 11 up hefon• <la) hgh:. ann, vrn W.\ Ing t I l)eccmbcr 31.-\Vc ''l'lrrc a o(' ··orn anti "zacatc," wt• ::,tal :c ; Oul l . ·1 owance ~ ·1, b goJOfl' . animals a II H.:ra a . I 1 0{. S"vinrr ~t·vrral JOI < s y lo c I . h t h (' 1 ( {.' i ' n b S M r U L highly dt· lig~\t<'v ,"'l·tl" inslea<l of pnssin~ thr?ugh l• .'tri 'rrh'l·~bluff elin·ct lo "0JO ern.t ' sucl'cech·li in mounting t tc "~ . h llavinp:, with lllflll<le .la~or, ,:e ·.dcctcd the plaine t ro'"\ wh~c._ whitb borders thk<' {'VI:h 1\e wheels of Amt·rican wagons\J"t o".... ~<·t·m<·cl to be mar cc wt. . • . , snow storm arose. c n. fn ro we had pr~•·et','~,e:\ ,i ~ r 'f~ r :::;;,; ," ,~i 1 h 1h e in I cn I ion of r:~c:~c/':~.~ urged our an•m,tls , ~ by lei be . hdtnccl fc '"" the ."\Ol en .. ' .. I he the timbl·r, wh~·rt'l ~lv1c. o~· ith great force, directly 111 our fct~l ~'nals I Til<· Wine Jew, 1 1 srr 'tnd our ,\nit orm.f .. ll thick and fa ' t; we ('OUI< ~now .. f t h c c·~ <o·l nl1t ·cb<'J.·ty!·' t . l::.-'~'t'l')' tnOJn(•nt our1 ~ould >ntrl ly be forcfct ~~e ~~:prdeel as lh<• falling suow_incrca~~ JlfOrrr<·> was more anc m • ·\ · I a f~rcst of pine aud puiOn. I in ~ep•h; at length, we re.l! Ill h ·a eel u' huge• pitH' loRs, an<' nnw cni';>Cnpcd, and tl~l 11\1'11 soonaa:htrcd ~round, cndea\ onng ti a I avinl( sec them in a azr, \\ e ' .;ZI'Il our limbs. A fttr severa. a cl.s <I tile nutubness wluch. had ~~ ·'th r<·a~cd, nnd w resumed otH }ln~r·' <:Otllinuanc<·, thc stOJmfat, 1cJ g 1 h)ld by this time, l><·comc- Sl marc·.h . Nta' rly a ll sig. nsb uot wtecl Cf olrlooawc ce I ' as' we· 11 'a.s we co. ul. d,I -trhede b connale<l by the snow, . 'I ·e founcl ourscln·~ lHIO b l . l brrn pursutng, unt I " . \V '' I e now o - Cl lr:H k we ''.". ·I If acHt unpas.ablc ranncs. . e "< . n<ry among \lfCCI}lltou c ' . ancl soon "Ot out tnto the cou We l i g•·•l to rei rae ' our "~h~' sl o rm Ita cl ,.~, t I ire y c I eared a vra_r. II( i-wherc we coui<l so· c. l . h "mesa " whic·h l ies bet w••cn San h' !o) U>udld l UtuH.l '"O JpOt. •Vre tt•:tr\n ea lt•b e ¥V~ , therefo~e, took a course direct f9r t ' ' Ex. Doc. No. 41. 515 me~n; <lnrl, before we han mnrehccJ far, we arrived at a haci(•ncla, wht'r<' wr obtained a guide•, who soon pnt u~ on the right road. About sun. et we r<'al'hed the \' i I lag,. lll'ar Ojo V crnal, an1l encampt•d. Tht• 111an who drove my l<•nm was nearly fl'ozou to death. He complainrcl tnu('h of a S~· nsatio_n of sic·kn<·ss, and the mc•n W<'re obliged to rub him for some tun r, 1 n ord c r I o rl'sl ore· cm·u Ia t10n to Ius s JSt em . I gave h i m a I ;t r g ' do s c o f r 11 m , and had hi m t a lc (' n in to the house of coe of the Mexieans. Tl1is JUan, had he wafkrcl as others rl i " ' \\-' 0 u I d n 0 t h a v t' s II rr (.' r l' d . TJu. snow was now fiv,· in ches cll'rp. T owa,.ds evening a fresh brc'I'7.C sprang (( r' wil i c;h cl rifled th c 'n 0\\' a I on g t),. suI' face of the road. E1·ci·) thing wa <'OI'en•d; "''en t:;c• cl;"k for.· ts of pine and cedar W<'rc• hiddl'n l>l'neath rob,•s of" hit e; and now aucl then, when •hahn by the wind, they cast off the snow in clouels that rose up lik" smoke bursting from cnnnon's mou1h. At ihr village where we encamped, we r c . om<' m n , who had .i u. t rt' t u r n C' d from a hunt. Th<•y had kill!'d SI'VI'ra l blac·k-tail •d dee,., "cervus marrotis." Th<•se animals l'XCI'cd the c:ommon cl1'l'l' in size•, and in the length of th1•ir hair; th<·ir tail is round, and l~as a la,.gc round tuft at tl>c end; their fla r~ ar' very large. Ja11ur11·y 1, 1817.- This morning, at an early hour, we ntac!c our arrang(•tnents for IT.arching. Wl' had pa . ed th(' night quite COmfortably for the snow was so piled • rnund our tents that the wind could not gain admittance. The morning was oxce. •ively colcf, clouelq of snow were drifting about, borne rapidly nfong by the stron~ wind. 1 now found that on of rny men was ill with the mea<les. I wish d to h-ave him hnr, \\ hen• lte could be taken care of, but he preferreel to prorecd; so J had him wrapped up warmly anel put into the wagon. Th<• cn;111 who came so 11igh freezing yesterday, had rrl'overed suflicirntly to be able to walk. In a lillie time the wind died away, and the sun aros<•; his genial heat was truly grateful to us . The snow eomm<•nrcd to melt, and the walking became slippery and extr<·mcly laborious. After n tedious In a r c h , w c n • a c: h e d " Y c gas. ' Jl c r <' on e a g a in m r c t s w i t h t h c in - finitely extended prairies, which give birth to the tributaries of "Ei Rio de los Gallinas," and of "ICI Rio Moro,' and following on in the direction of the " !<:! Rio CaJ1acfiano, 1 nrc at last limitecl ' by the cross timbers. It is from " Los Ve!{as ' and " Tacalote," that trails have h"en maele which cross the Caiiaclian at the mouth of the "Arrojo de los Yutas." This is the shortest route to the United Slates, and vroulcf be the brst route, if the road wa• definitely marked out. At "Vegas ' I tried to purchase corn for the "cavalada," but the only person who pns. c. Sl'<l the ror n, prepared' as I wished it, seemed determined to take acf\'a ntarrc of nty neeesoity, and a. keel me an exorbitant price. IIa .. ing offered in gold the price l had been acrustomecl to give, it was n•fused, anc/ f was plac•el undc•r the necessity of laking the corn, nne/ notified the own t•r to that efT Pd. The town was in a sta tl' of gr·(•a t rxci t em eu t from the occurr~•n cc of . om e rc<·en t d epreda I ions of the Arrapah• lncltans, who hacl driven off tbe flocks and herds of the Mexic:an•, and bad killed aud seal p~d the "pastore•." We ereryw.loerc |