The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-07-30

OF the salt plains the vegetation was very much the
same as above but little thinner no unner On noun
the cotton on the border OF the a Dein9 tne ohy
apology for ees-nonc OF them very large In l17l'
franciscan fnar (Padra Garclz) describes The Ga as
fringed with plenty of young cotton wood so that he
could hardly see the We passed little cane IN
slough east of the point Of the Bighom. enough for
dozen animals so which is the only place where any
thing could halt for night, except this Several OF our
animals fell far 10 the in coming to camp, and the
only one of our beef cattle left not to be found this
morning From this out, then, our food must be beans
and with mule meat, if should find necessary
TO come to that
November 22d-Marched at the usual hour, and con-
tinued down the ella. On the left bank, the hrst OF
miles, the road was rough passed through canon Inc
wide; but we had to chamber along the edge
from its being long declivily. After leaving, this
canon we found ourselves in bottom, which lay
to the west and which proved to be the dei' aho ou
2l miles, and found ourselves near the junction OF
those rivers We discovered the greatest, abundance
OF recent signs of horses and began to think IN truth a
General Castro may have returned from Sonora with
large mounted force to regain possession OF Caiofha
The signs proved TO be very fresh and indicated tha To-
whomsoever they belonged they not more than hall
day off The specuatlons of course, were various,
and all the knowledge OF sign studying put IN pacnce
Carson down the river and discovered fresh Signs
of fires Of half dozen with no military regular
tv and trail coming from the crossing half mile wide,
indicating great number of loose animals No trail
could be discovered leading away from TINS place Inc
found dead colt, colt tracks, and hnaly stTag-
cling men were Fires discovered IN the bot
ION, up the Ga and Lieutenant Emory went with
twenty men recOnnoitre them, and found the camp OF
party of Spanards from California, with 400 or sou
animals going TO Sonora He brought some OF them to
camp and, as usual, they lied much that we could
ret very little out of them One OF them told us, in
hdence that we would find 500 men in arms at the
Pueblo, opposed TO the Americans; and that party was
San Diego friendly TO the United States, OF 200 and
that three ships OF war; he heard, were al San Diego
and advised us to be guard as advanced; One
OF the others said the Meycans quiet at the Pueblo
and that the Americans had quiet possession OF all the
country. They dismissed for the night and the
General determined not to lose so good change to get
fresh animals CAM on dry grass IN the M
poor animals, and said they had no very good ones
They evidently disposed to be shy and uncommu-
NEGATIVE One OF them, who reported in confidence about b.
the 800 men at Angeles tells us that they had killed
several Americans at the Puebla. They say the Jor-
NADIA is so miles without water that they were lost upon
it, and found water half way by accident One OF them
was caught by Lieutenant Emory with bundle OF let
ters some of which TO General Castroone giving
account of the rising OF the Mexicans, and placing
one Flores their head at the Pueblo de los Angeles
Another letter to different person was to the effect that
so Mexican cavalry had chased 400 Americans at
the ravines between the Puebla and San Pedro
and had driven them back, and had captured cannon
called the TeaZer. Their letters being opened, re-
sealed by Captain Turner and all returned to the man.
who discharged with them These fellows tell
various stories about the ownership OF the horses They
acknowledge that part of them belong TO General
Castro We care encamped mile south of the junction
of the ella and Colorado These two rivers JOIN toge
Their, and run through stone HILL through which they
have broken passage although there bottom lands
on either side Of the bill by which they may once have
flowed The place is remarkable and being the juno
ton OF two important rivers, (both of which are, to
certain degree, navigabe-this point being also point
in the route from Sonora to California, mayone day fill
large space in the worlds history. The Colorado dis
appears from here vast bottom. The last we can
OF its coonwoods is in the southwest, beyond which
lies low range of neutrality-suspicious. on the right or
left bank, is not p!ain-probab!y on the right bank.
Tong about through the sand hills, in thick boots one
is convinced that to perform journey on foot IN this
country, moccasn with thick but elastic sole is far
preferable to the boot The condition OF our animals is
sad enough to take the tornado. Poor animals that
have come with us IRON the United States will lay their
bones the desert Some OF the few horses we brought
rested in New Mexico could have come well enough 1t
is necessary in this country of loose stones TO look at
least once day into the feet of shod animals otherwise
you may have them famed by loose stone getting IN the
shoe
November 25M-Marched at past ., and crossed the
rver-Carson having found the ford for us We all got
over SAFE but the water deep for small mules;
being cold the mules had to be kept in motion after get
ting over, for they disposed TO roll in the dry sand
We found the thicke the right bank much more dense
in places than the left After about five miles, we
range of sand hills which border the bottom on
the north side and skirted the base OF these for ten
miles, and halted at an old Indian WELL which we dug
out and found water at about nine feet below the bottom
of the ravne Here was once an Indian village and IN
our ride day passed old OF various sizes OF
former cultivation The sand the north is IN motion,
a floating mass, like snow drift and extends no doubt
far into the plains Whether it came from the bars OF
the Colorado certain; but it is probable 1t
the plain, which of the usual duvlal characterper
haps thirty feet thick Our animals found the beans of
the musquet paatable, and ate them like corn, when
there were any old hands to show them how. They
covered the ground in many places. We packed some
grass for them to-day, and they will do pretty well to
night, except for water, which is scarce Tor man-the
waters being like those at the pool of Sloan OF old
November 2sh.-Before day we reached the Camisa
At noon, fog from the sea, 81 miles march OF
the 9th, passed the bed of former freshwate akea
and the clay de,ritus of the bottom. This PLAIN is
covered in places with the small spnea the shells
thin, and would suppose easily decayed away
from which it would appear that, at no distant day.
this place, which is dry desert, from which
the traveller will always turn away if he once
permanent lake-probably bordered with the greenest
products OF the vegetable world and cheering to the eye
amidst the adjacent barren mountains The muscle shells
were found at the Alamo, in the sands, several feet I'M
der the surface. In this plain, water can be found by
digging any OF the deep ndentahons or bellows; IT
comes IN bed OF quchsand, and needs curb built like
small log hut keep the walls of the well from caving
in the water can then be got by baing with shallow
basin taking out after every bucket two painful OF
sand which, being OF semuid rises IN the well
Jornada of them We're obliged to leave TO per-
sh on the pace-and of these, several the young
horses which took from the drove at the mouth
of the CHA 1t is probable that the greatest trial during
horses life is the first hard work he does-as it would
be with The Camsa is place IN the pass OF the
mountain, where stream rises and sinks again mme-
diaely; the water comes out warm and flows freely in
down lost in the sand around this the
and a species of salt about this hills