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Show n Sf b Ct 516 Ex. Doc. No. 41. t of cliabol.i ca l mu tl' h' lions to which the bodies heard horr~l1 accoun serl sub'cded. . o f t h c v i l' t u ~ s h a d b . ~ o J s c t rn c d a n . i o u s_ a h o u l so 111 e tn s u r r c c- Th' Amertcan. hHc, to ' '1 I· eloplllg. . c < m >toms which wnc da• y '<_" rn ... we could well carry tionary. "! 2'-\Vc procured a. much t.:O ,.' •• ft for a blank amount, Janttai.IJ . . I I ave the owner a tr.l 1 • arkd JHlce. ·n our wago:Js, an< g t derid , what was 1 lC m . " ieaving the <jUarterma,ltn . ~vhile in cro"ing some "ar<'qu<ns, ,..; ' were detain<·d a oug " '. lurin!( the uight, and wer' now wh~eh h<ltl_lJlt·~r~ fill~<~ '~<~~\v~\tl~t~lrelat diflicultyf th~llou~·. ~;.~;'iit;;gco<~~~:~ vcrerl wtt l tc . 1 l I become so ear u o ' bco for<'<'l\ ·upon the icc, t lCYb {Ia< itc wa. ncar c 1e ve,n o'clock c oreI weI t?fY Ol clear of these troublesome ac 'quJ. as. . . the "Rio de los G a 11t' na.. ' " weI :sIa w. ·Jna raglcs 'oon after CI'OSSing f l\\0 to thrP<' hun< r < c1111 l. h rrls of autelopes, <IJ)parently /ou:round exhibited the }J_unters 111 il~ each herd'· but thte sn o~e~ ~ ,;i,e J~ossi b iIi t y of a p p roahclun? the~~ u €'11 b 01 d r<.' I I c f a ' () p l'l • f 0 u I' hunters' by t e r_l rl m c ~~t ~~~~~ ,1 ~ ~i;.~ n ~ bt~7:vf~~ it I 2~~,~~~ 0 r.;·,~~· ~: ~s~ ~~~ 7; t~~ ~ f1'; 'j:~ ~~:,.'~;,; u~ \is rifle "'"' tired' altho•ut~ ', whot h 'rd bntln<l a way' but belnr~ d i a p Jl o in ted \~h ~·no:;,e os(~la•'•~ 'topped a 1111 Ia y tl own' ;""'tl y"~~tc~ lht·y ran very. a'. the >tound to rise no more. •or . ',to second hot J~nd tl on g . f 30 comlllissary wngons gotn~ this or nmen ce' we ~ ct a, t ra u; o~ their oxen' and the poo-r be a~~ ant a F6 .. Thcf•y ha. not ~o(~ustenauce and from exposure .. to t ·r~ welr e urrertn[( rom wan 'n b' the road · ide. w .. enc.ampe d S c v c 1 a 1 of t h em l a y d )l g )I 1' t f a ] o fly m ass of rocks cnoe·n · "El Arroyo 1 l1o''·1ttlc oo o ' lt . < c t•pu ' ~ tl . nd.;: II ere W<' bur out ' 1 1 h lt·rrd u · Jrom lc WI ~ · ' ~ich whi<'h comp et, y s c c ·n. ectin ma!'ses of t ocK, w l fir •s and al night the huge pl .II ns ~hey were illuminated byl b c c l 't <· d o ,. c r our 1 it t1 c c :• ro p' s c ebm eltl ' : .' t c n in rr to top p l c d own . I 1 f 0 u r fI !'(.' s t 0 c lr c cl r) I T hc the rudt y g arc o . . ' f. ·t }JaviJlrr been frostct . sufl'e l cd ill~_'llSl!' ~go!? ~;~:In~~' be~ kecpin; them firml.y phr'C~~Cl~ rea test rcrrl'f 'ou < 0 ' 1 mule after ,n,Ing fo :~· ;gr,~·:·;,~· w:t :~,·~,~:'',~;.~;:i,<~,;:J ;::~~~.ie;h;:~rtglt ~Y r.:~~~-~~si:~~ wa ce ' di,mount my lrlt foot was rozcn .t to atnidn ·wuph,e nso I thcaamt el· \t\~.. u.; .o bligcd to tlraw my ca~e knife ancl usc 1 free myself. 1 b t we starlcu before the This morning the wind blew ~~Cl'll y, ~ ilc we reached . was lnlf nn hour high. Aftn mar ~lllnglonc .·mgc of troubles. st h u nc c r o s in' g o f tlJ c S~ e p u I I o.. IT c n.' w e 1t a < a. s 1 e y l c to cut our w a The iec was Yery thi('k, ar~cl It nqutred sffiot~~ ~\ny strong to bear the aero'S t ht• 't n·a m' for th'le'h t ee. w, ,a .s'. b ·n okt s. uw eIrCeJ csut Cl'p, and as t 1• e w'· tgo' nI weicrhtofthewagons. CrlHI ,tu :s f'rltcncdandswcrvcl ru~ lb l down to the watrr, the mull'S became nlg lf' icc they were f omL Clt he road wr l1 a< I cu t 'anlI' c,..,Y f'ttinrrr. f upIo n tlfc' lll nna nd ' one, a ft c•r nro' ah 1 e t 0 keep their feel; . I'H'r:d 0 t lem l\n' J'espai r 1 and we mal in~ many yain crrolls to n se aga•n, ga\'~ II] a'n strength. A' whf\o ;lac.< ur ogno <t< I 'tt.'or ) drwage t 'h ianm /~~eo·•: i~J~~.:~~~~~~:in~ :~!~,we had to keep Ex. J)oc. No. 41. 517 lcirn moving nhout lest he slcould <lie. [n a little while, hy the help of ropt·•, 'rhi,·h we atla<·ht•d to th<· uppermost fello,.s of lice hind wh<'<•l,, we• dragge•d the "'"!.;on out, and immediately hitching up tlu· beast that !1ad gnt wet, W<' k..pt hin in hrisk motion until l1is limb~ r<·g-ain~d th<•ir wontc'd II< xil>ility. llaving marr·hed four mil<•s further, we reachc<l "T•:J Hio Moro," and h) "'''"~' extrew .. ly earc•ful to cut away all the ie~·, "''' c•osscd without any an·ident. But the• fording nf these ri,.,.,., delayed us so long that our day's march did not f'XC<'cd t<~n milt~s. W., r•neamp<'d ahout thr<•o fourt!'" of a milt• from the road, in a mountain gnrge, wherp the hi•d• prer·ipi<·cs wlcich surrounded us complet"ly prot<'<·ted us from the rutt1ng winds. We !carl snow watn for our own l!'r 1 and rlro,·c our mules to a <pring which was nbout a milp dist:lnt, nc•(lr "Pnnd.:; in the prairie ' Ont• of my lll<•n "''" p<'rf,•ctly O\C•rcome by the t·olrl, and gave up ntirely. We wne ohlig-"d to put him to bed and "''' gare him large rinses of rum. 1J,. r·omplaincrl of a pain in !cis rhc.-t and sc·em1·d to br tonnPntrd wilh c·xtn'mc thi r~t. This ,., <'ning t lw duty of guard mounting r·ommt·nce·d; f rautioned the '<'ntinl'ls to he 'igcl:wt , "l1idc wa, hardly nt·cess,u·y, as my tmiHe·nir hhaodr ri;bdlre, .aadttyr oh<e'ialridts,. at " l.n, \' •·gas," of the Arap;d•ocs and .lanuflr,l; 4.- Wc "crt• np lnng hefore clay; the wind blew biting rold until ten n'<'lock,wht•n th<• sun . hone forth with some warmth. We now noti•·•·d a grc•at many prairit• dogs that had come forth from th,.ir habitations tn <•njoy tl"' '<In's rays. 1 fired sc,·eral times at dilfnent ones with a shot-gnn; I wisL<•el to obtain one wilhout injury to u ... 'kin, hut r die! not . urr·ee.l in killing any. Naturnl"ts say 1 that the prairie dor; r •mains <lorman t during the Winter Sr;"on; wlc 1'\'e•r WI' met With tJu• vi llages or !ht•sc JcttJe animals, we foun u til('lll ''" li'"'Y as if it was summer; W<' must, t h c ref or<', c· o 11 .. Itt d <' t h a t 1 I r is ani rna 1 d o e s not h i h <' r n n t ('. We saw !(rca l n umlcc rs n f t h c• ante I ope 1 t hry h ncl •·on grega tecl in dcl rr"p" 'v a'"ll'rec·l)s~, <atnnccll wgoerrge< 's.;t.· <'king , IH·Itt•r Jrom the cold wine!" in the Snon wr al'!'ived at some' nlranir hills; whir·!• rise up just before rrnr·hin!( til(• "Hin On1te;' in thei•· rieinity tht·re \\·as but little "'ow. [],.,c we found that tic<' rorr• nxl,•tr<'<' of onr l<•ading wagon was broken in the h" b or t I"· w h r·e I. With g"'a t <arc we m anagecl to rc•acJ. tht• 0<'ate1 but W< 1'1' ohlig<'d tn llllload hl'forc We I'Oldd <'ross. H<•rr Wl' C'l1('nnqwd, and f'lld<'a\'orcd to rnCth• our. C'!vcR as rmnro,·tnb!,, as pos,ilc!, .. w., had plenty of r·<'dar wood fnr fuel, hut not one stick of timhrr lit to r<·pair our wagon. N .. ar our <'amp W<'rr t IIC• <'ar<"a .' 't'S or serrral O>en, upon whieh n ... ""''IS ancl ravt·ns '"'"' go•·ging thL•msclves. I aJ,o noti<·ed '- 0 onlen.< ' b •auttf'ul magpi<·~," Pi('a IIH·l:tnoleul'n," and l killed a fine .lonz,rrry G.-vV<' now ~"ndl';n on'd to paU·It tl1~ hrol{('n part of 11H' ;,xJe. 'J'J1c lower "skreu" or til•' spind II' was 1Hok.ou, \\I' <'hangrd ct lor the upprr nuc, and thr·n startt•d, rlett•rmined tn Jll'O<'<: •·•I <Will We should be obliged to lt·an• this wagon. After ma1'tlnng liv |