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Show HOUGHS MARCH IN" • o I'Ti-: rorNTi. Y. i*::' r in lb-- South t] there. Thus, ai' 1- r a s.-„ rclin. y >..*:. l.,.\\. \\ lt.- ll the IM: i () f ibe winter's ice in the North, were v ! ant season was npproaehiu,. leaving• n - » » r a ' - ^ » ^ f ; . . ; r iM snows, for the. o b i t e r . I bid goodbye to my « » .•:.! -* n « l V a l u e r once more, and - for an unknown 111...*. , was ordered to report to Fort Carlaml. C o l W •• - m A d W via Emporia. Kansas, and Pneblo. C o , at 4 a. m. on > : W i n g ibe troops in the cV, r, near the > ost. ^ ; v l t ^ " " ^ , 1 - , stumbled t h r o n , h the dark to U^ a s I encountered no sentinels, and saw no lights. At a> I m J „ M of Vfriea who bailed me and informed me he - U, s a s. A. i . nd i he watchman for the night, t h a t y h e r e y r e . . „ y a halt i , ' l soldiers there, and one Lieulenanl who had orders ,, n. e ^ e v i c t e d to the g a r t e r s of the ^ 5 - ^ - ; ^ - ^ J;!! ^ I he whistle of our engine and bad gone to meet me: > ul fire, for the night was cold; and the Lien, . man h 1 - . ^ . n , ;„, d with two of my officers and for an ! , , „ • vve ^ n. pitablv entertained, and my orders were banded lo .... . ... which I vent on with my train. ^ . - . . , , . „ ,. Thus was mv singular entry into and exit from Port U. ilau. b ,. f which T saw nothing but Ft. Pognc « ouart.- rs. _ _^ " • Mv orders were to proceed to Alamosa, the end ot the I), and R ( I - K i ami then report t o , i e i , | K . t a r . 1 1 ^ . - h . Comdg L ' of New Mexico.' On arriving there soon alter daynght. I Uept. oi -> e^ - 1 U ' • • , . j | before from repw. to. l to ,1.0 General « fa « " f „, M, „ U l U ; il Santa Fe to fit. out an expe edition, ( hie company of Mounted I • C„,, t. llruilford- s .. f ,1K- lath, was thseerree.. O> mn mn, y, a. r. ri. v. a. l.. P.-..- T r.- wis1 Favosa Springs, as soon as tian> poua. i. ,, v h v s . lone that . lay. In Iho anthm- « . wen m « o A ] hanks of . 1 * Rio Oramle. whi.- h her, .*. « >-.>"<>" » 1 M , ;. Anew lovn at the present terminus mountain stream. Alamosa is a new u.\. n , u in - of the road situated on a plain .. u the right bank ol t i e Ui , ; n d e ) On the morning of the S. l, - left Alamosa w, th ye y h: i l , qua< e d i - t i o n s to march slowly so as not to ^ J ^ . . , , .. n . . . . i...... i 1 ..! I i . \ s 1 . II ; 011 s . « r supplies which would follow us; we earned ten days . at. olo, Thi. , lav's march did not promise well for the s i i c v s of on, xn,, i o n if omens s. bo. dd be recognized, as it w; as a s- rms ot I Voloroiln MnfiT. inc. \ i n . M - - - . . rival of the Denver |> **.<] - R- Eiost aGblrisahnedse, iInt ai1lSro7aSd. . . ibo. ul the tunc m the ann. tl . P A |