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Show THIRD CROSSING OF THE COLORADO. 429 wish for war; and that though the immediate relatives of the dead were soliciting some revenge, public opinion ( el cotnun) of the nation never consented thereto, protesting the established peace; though from their lack of judgment there could be no assurance that peace would be maintained. Aug. 24. I went four leagues southsoutheast, albeit here runs the river southwest. 16 Here I was the 25th day, having found some Yuma and Jalchedun families a- hunting. Aug. 26. I crossed the river17 and traveled one half league south, and about one west, whereupon I halted at a large tank ( tanque- water- hole) that there is in the sierra. In the evening I traveled two leagues west and south, and at night five on this course with various windings through broken ground. 18 The following day [ Aug. 27] I went four ( leagues) " More nearly south, in the region where the river begins to run through the Chocolate mountains; then in passing these mountains it begins to veer to a mean S. £. course, and thenceforward runs due east, till it turns south with a broad sweep past Castle dome and thus bends toward Yuma. 11 His third crossing, this time from the Arizona to the California side. u Traveling in the vicinity of the Spires, Chimney peak, etc., thus getting on his former trail; on which he reaches Yuma next day. On his arrival there was no one to welcome the wanderer back from his long journey except the Indians; for on Anza's and Font's return to Yuma, May i. i, with the expedi- |
