The daily union., 1846-10-22


q succession Of valleys, and crossed numerous d.
vides Of the Rayado and oea,e; Inc hsyaao Is
a Ii,auid running stream, 10 miles from the Cim-
arop, and although we have been 10 me midst oil
mountains for some days pas this ID the hfst stream
that has anything the look OF mountain stream.
The grass, however, is not good Two ana hail
miles further on, at the foot OF the nonntnih, mere
| are springs At the last place they halted. About
miles before reaching the ocate the road descends
into valley oyerined by confused and rugged ciiifs,
which give promise of grass and water but on going
down. we found il had no outlet, and that this beau
tiful valley terminated in salt lake, which Is now
dry, and the bed enerusied with thin coat oi
| white substance, (ses specimen
i Here tho road is indlstnct, and takes sudden
turn 20 the left; al this memen discovered com.
ing towards us, at full speed, Bent's spy guard All
Thought they had met the enemy. rode forward
| to meet him, followed by Mr. Fitzpatrick and two
1 dragoons. Il turned out TO be false alarm Like
set Of silly felows-ora az Mr.. Fiz ealedthem, id
fools--lhey got off the road, which we were mol
aware Of and were now galoping back to &c In fun
speed.
The hills are composed Of what take TO be trap
| and porous volcanic stone, very hard with mo-
tallic fracture and lustre II 70 underlayod by sand
stone. From the uniform height Of these bills, one
would think they originally formed the table-land
and that the valleys had been washed, and their
limits determined by the existence or non'exisienee
Of the hard crust.
Il becoming
l Five or six Mexeans captured last night, and
| on their persons were found the proclamation Of
the prefect OF Taos, based upon that of Armlio,
calling the citizens TO arms To repe the Americans,
who we're coming TO invade their sol, and destroy
their property aud liberties; ordering enrolment Of
all citizens l5 and under IS, and list OF arms
| and ammunition. II is decidedly less bombasle
| than any Mexican paper which have yet seen.
Col Kearny assembled these prisoners altogether,
some ten or a dozen; made an admirable speech to
them, and ordered that when the rear guard Of the
srmy have passed, that they be released. ln his
1 speech, he informed them that he considered New
Mexico part Of the United States; that he
intended to extend our laws IL, and sub
stitute laws for the arbitrary will Of man;
that he came as the friend Of the people; that he
would protect them in the exercise Of their religion,
and Of their property; that he would defend the
weak against the strong, and the poor against the
| rich. This Frightened their faces, far such
poor, down-east unmeaning faces could be brighten
ed. They were not deficient in form or stature.
| Their faces expressed good nature, but almost
idiocy. They mounted on little dookeys or
jennes and guided by clubs instead Of brides; the
whole turnout contrasting in way with large,
we-mounted Dragons, that was very ludierous
The colonel said TO me, Emory, If have to FIRE a
round Of grape into such men, shall think Of il
with remorse all my life"
| Tonight two more Mexcans were captured, or
/ rather came into our camp, who seyerally
cross-questoned by the colonel. Their story was,
/ that they out by order Of the alcalde Of the
Moro town to look out for their standing enemies
the Eutaws, who were reported in the neghborhood
that they had heard Of our comiag some Time since
They believed us at the kayado, twenty-five miles
back, but seeing wagons, and having faith IN the
Americans, they rode without hesitation into our
| camp. When they said they had faith in u.s. the
colonel with great quickness, ordered them to shake
| hands with him. He then told them pretty much the
same that he told the Mexicans this morning These
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profound attention.. The colonel told them, in con-
cusion, that he must keep them for day or two;
for was quite evident to all Of us that they were
| spies, who had come too suddenly into the little ra-
| vine into which we were camped
They appeared well satisfied. One Of them with
| the guard turned back, and presented the colonel
with a fresh cream cheese, -
Collected great variety Of new and beautiful
flowers. The hills sparsely covered with cedar
and pihon. Antelope and horned frogs in abund-
| ance; no other ANIMALS seen.
August l2h-The colonel discharged the Oldest
Mexican, giving him two prociamations-one for
the acade, another for the people Of the town. He
| sent a message 10 the a'calde TO meet him at the
crossing Of the Moro with several Of his head
The other Mexican was detained as guide. About
IL o'clock, the advance was sounded, and the col.
onel, with Summers command, marched twenty
miles, and halted in beautiful valley of fine grass
| and good pools Of cool water. The stream, when
flowing, is tributary Of the Moro From the drift
wood, &c, found in its wide, wel-grassed bed,
infer IL is subject to great freshets. In crossing
from the Ocate to the valley of the Moro, the
tains become more rolling, and approach the
| Moro the valley opens out, and the whole country
becomes more tame in appearance. Ten miles up
| the Moro is the Moro town, containing, as the
| Mexican informed me last night 300 houses IL is
off the lower road, but tolerabe wagon road leads
TO il from our camp Of last night.
The plains were strewed with a red porous lava
like substance. (See specimen 30) The hills to
the left, covered with white. [Specimen 3l) The
plains almost destitute of vegeation-the hills
covered with stunted growth of pifion and red ce
dar Rains have fallen here recently, and the grass
in the bottoms is good The gramma now con-
stantly appears, but very thinly scattered the
ground. Saw, to-day, some prairie dogs, with
stripes their Sides resembling the common prai-
rie dog in everything else fight Of birds to the
| south, but too far TO distinguish them. Antelope
and horned frogs usual. Attracted to the left by
an object supposed TO be an Indian; on reaching
found il sandstone block, three feet long, standing
on end, and topped by another, shorter. A noun
tain man, who along, said it in commemo-
ration of talk and friendly smoke between some
two bands Of Indians. "'.
August l3 At I2 O'Clock, as the rear column came
in sight, the call Of "boots and saddles" we're sound
ed, and in twenty minutes we were off We had
not advanced more than mile when Bent, of
the spy guard, came up with four prisoners.
They represented Themselves to be ensign
and three prvates Of the Mexican army, sent
forward to reconnoitre, and ascertain forces
They said GOO men at the Vegos to receive Us,
and give battle, treat as friends, according
to our intentions towards them. They told great
many different stories, and finally delivered up
paper, being an order from Captain Gonsales, to the
ensign, TO go forward on the Bent Fort road, and
ascertain our position and numbers They were
severally cross-questioned by the colonel, and told
very much the same that all the rest have told They
were retained for the present as prisoners.
As soon as we commenced descending into the
valley of the Moro creek, Colonel Kearny's order
ly who carried his telescope, reported company
Of Mexicans at the crossing Col. X. ordered me
to 60 forward with ~ Dragons, and reconnoitre
the party, and if they attempted to fly, to pursue
and capture as many as we could. As we approach
ed this company, it seemed wondrous still and
montioness; but few steps dispeled the illusion,
and showed the pine stakes of corral. The dra-
goons were sadly disappontcd; they evidently ex.
pected fgh: or chase. A few minutes brought
us to the first settlement we had yet seen in IT'S
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