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Show [ 23 ] . . .. .. 2 . . . ~ . ... . . . . . . . • .:. ·~ 1 ·~6 ·(lli'd ~Cic:~·'a"l exyense, except for as much a~ the pnntmg (:.::: l.~Vf) ve e r: .will cost • whrch will be $3 50 per 100 COpieS .. ··: :-. ~ • an~[:J: ·~r·~ twent;-three ·dra f~ C\11~ ske~ches ~elong.mg to the ·• .• • ..teryor t ' an d . .,..n...:·al J,.o a proner understandmg of 1t, wh1ch are not .fls ........ "l ., t ' f h ffi t h · • · ' , r' ~.r"ti th~ te:p..Ort• .as it was not in the power o t eo ce o ave - , :~h~· ~0~ 1~8 made in t~ime; but they will be .ready for the engraver. Th have been examined, and the artist, Mr. Graham, who en e!aved the map,states that. he will do all of these s~et ches for ~00 doflars. He will also furmsh the paper, and prmt 100 copies of the whole for $14 50. .. The PXpense, therefore, for an edition of 1,000 copies will be- For engraving ..•••••••.• • • • · < • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • $200 " 1 000 copies of the map ••••••.•••• • .••.• • • • • • • • · • • • · 35 " 1:000 copies of all the other drawings and sketches.... 145 Total .••••••.•.....•••.••••• • . • • • .. · . · • • • · · • • • • • • · · $380 Or for an edition of $2,000 copies, the total expense will be $560. It is possible that the m.ap may requ~r~ about ten dollars worth of additional work. In th1s case an edition of 1 000 copies of the whole will cost ..••.••••••.•••...• • • • • $390 2' 000 copies do do do . . . • • • • • • • • • . • • • . • • • • • • 570 'Or the cost of an edition of any number may be ascertained by taking 210 dollars as the maximum cost of engraving, and adding thereto 180 dollars for every thousand copies. Respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, J. J. ABERT, Colonel, Corps Topographical Engineers. Ron. W. L. MARCY, Secretary of War. • 3 [ 23] . I .. REPORT OF LIEUT. J. W. ABERT, OF HIS E.. XAMINATION OF NEW MEXICO; IN THE YEARS 1846-'47. To Colonel J. J. ABERT, Chief of the. corps of topographical engineers: We left Fort Leaven worth on the 27th June, 1846, under the comman1l of General Kearny; as the events of the march of th. army were recorded by Major Emory, I shall not touch upon them. On the 22d of July I was taken ill, to such a degree that it was necessary to carry me in a wagon from that time until the 30th of July, on which day we arrived at Bent's fort. At this time my disease had obtained such an influence over my senses, that days and nights were passed in delirium, and a mental struggle to ascertain whether the impressions my mind received were true or false. Even my sight was affected, and when I gazed on Bent's fort, the buildings seemed comple~ely metamorphosed; new towers had been erected, the walls heightened, and, as I then thought, everything put in readiness to resist an attack of the New Mexi- . cans. The army under General Kearny mat·ched on to Santa Fe, while I was left, harrassed with the thoughts of having come thus far, and having been stopped just as I wa·s entering upon a field full of interest to the soldier, the archeologist, the historian, and the naturalist. On the 26th of August, I had recovered sufficiently to resume my diary; this, with a copy of Horace, a Greek tes~ament, and my sketch book, served to make the hours of confinement pass pleasantly. It was on the 26th of August that we first heard of the capitulation of Santa Fe· General Kearny had entered the city without meeting any oppo~ition, except pompous threats from his excellency Don Manuel Armijo. Mexican officers met our army at " El Rio Moro," others at ~'Las Vegas," but our bold soldiers he~ded not the messages or letters which they brought, and our gel}eral is said to have replied in these words: "Tell your commander that I shall meet him in Santa Fe on the 18th day of August; if he wishes to be friendly, I am ready to meet him as his friend; if he wishes otherwise, I am ready to meet him as his foe." , |